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

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arxiv hep-th/9709012 v1 pith:UI6C7WC7 submitted 1997-09-01 hep-th

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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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