Twistorial cohomotopy implies Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation

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作者
Fiorenza, Domenico [1 ]
Sati, Hisham [2 ,3 ]
Schreiber, Urs [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Matemat, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[2] New York Univ Abu Dhabi, Div Sci, NYUAD Res Inst, Math, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
[3] New York Univ Abu Dhabi, Ctr Quantum & Topol Syst CQTS, NYUAD Res Inst, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
关键词
M-theory; rational homotopy theory; generalized cohomology; twistor fibration; HETEROTIC STRING THEORY; DIVISION-ALGEBRAS; FLUX-QUANTIZATION; HOMOTOPY-THEORY; T-DUALITY; SUPERGRAVITY; BUNDLES; SPACE; SUPERSYMMETRY; DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1142/S0129055X22500131
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We characterize the integral cohomology and the rational homotopy type of the maximal Borel-equivariantization of the combined Hopf/twistor fibration, and find that subtle relations satisfied by the cohomology generators are just those that govern Horava-Witten's proposal for the extension of the Green-Schwarz mechanism from heterotic string theory to heterotic M-theory. We discuss how this squares with the Hypothesis H that the elusive mathematical foundation of M-theory is based on charge quantization in tangentially twisted unstable Cohomotopy theory.
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