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Anomalies of the SO(32) five-brane and their cancellation

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The anomaly due to the chiral fermions on the world-volume of the SO(32) five-brane is calculated. It is shown that this contribution has the correct structure for it to be cancelled by the variation of the classical world-volume action. The cancellation mechanism requires a Green-Schwarz-like term in the classical action. The result confirms the field content of the SO(32) five-brane proposed by Witten.

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Non-supersymmetric branes and discrete topological terms

hep-th · 2025-07-15 · conditional · novelty 6.0

A direct computation from the tentative NS5-brane spectrum gives the opposite Z3 topological term (1/3 vs 2/3) from Tachikawa-Zhang, so the spectrum or the inflow interpretation must change.

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  • Non-supersymmetric branes and discrete topological terms hep-th · 2025-07-15 · conditional · none · ref 110 · internal anchor

    A direct computation from the tentative NS5-brane spectrum gives the opposite Z3 topological term (1/3 vs 2/3) from Tachikawa-Zhang, so the spectrum or the inflow interpretation must change.