A Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory

Diuliu-Emanuel Diaconescu; Edward Witten; Gregory Moore

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A Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory

Diuliu-Emanuel Diaconescu, Gregory Moore, Edward Witten

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 10 May 2000

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The authors' main claim We show how some aspects of the K-theory classification of RR fluxes follow from a careful analysis of the phase of the M-theory action.

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We show how some aspects of the K-theory classification of RR fluxes follow from a careful analysis of the phase of the M-theory action. This is a shortened and simplified companion paper to ``E8 Gauge Theory, and a Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory.''

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We show how some aspects of the K-theory classification of RR fluxes follow from a careful analysis of the phase of the M-theory action. This is a shortened and simplified companion paper to ``E8 Gauge Theory, and a Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory.''

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This crisis of Lagrangian formulation may already be suggested by the presence of a self-dual Ramond-Ramond field strength in Type IIB superstring theory and is further supported by the discovery of non-Lagrangian phases in the partition functions of various string theory and M-theory vacua (see for example [ref] ).

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Over the last few decades, twisted K-theory has attracted considerable interest, much of it driven by applications in theoretical physics, e.g. [ref] .

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