Open AccessPerturbative anomalies of the M-5-brane
Author(s) -
Losiano Bonora,
ChongSun Chu,
Maurizio Rinaldi
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1126-6708
pISSN - 1029-8479
DOI - 10.1088/1126-6708/1997/12/007
Subject(s) - brane , manifold (fluid mechanics) , theoretical physics , physics , field theory (psychology) , field (mathematics) , mathematical physics , quantum electrodynamics , mathematics , pure mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering
We discuss several mechanisms to cancel the anomalies of a 5-brane embeddedin M-theory. Two of them work, provided we impose suitable conditions either onthe 11-dimensional manifold of M-theory or on the 4-form field strength ofM-theory.Comment: 11 pages, Latex. A few comments and references adde
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