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arxiv: hep-th/0002023 · v3 · pith:BPFB7I3Inew · submitted 2000-02-02 · ✦ hep-th · math.DG· math.KT

D-branes, B-fields and twisted K-theory

classification ✦ hep-th math.DGmath.KT
keywords b-fieldsk-theoryalgebrab-fieldcasechargesclassifiedcoincide
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In this note we propose that D-brane charges, in the presence of a topologically non-trivial B-field, are classified by the K-theory of an infinite dimensional C^*-algebra. In the case of B-fields whose curvature is pure torsion our description is shown to coincide with that of Witten.

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