Twisted Cohomotopy implies M5-brane anomaly cancellation

[Submitted on 18 Feb 2020 (v1), last revised 2 Apr 2021 (this version, v2)]

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Abstract:We highlight what seems to be a remaining subtlety in the argument for the cancellation of the total anomaly associated with the M5-brane in M-theory. Then we prove that this subtlety is resolved under the hypothesis that the C-field flux is charge-quantized in the generalized cohomology theory called J-twisted Cohomotopy.

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From: Urs Schreiber [view email]
[v1] Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:12:27 UTC (23 KB)
[v2] Fri, 2 Apr 2021 09:18:02 UTC (36 KB)

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