On flux quantization in M-theory and the effective action

被引：364
作者：
Witten, E
机构：
[1] School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540, Olden Lane
来源：
JOURNAL OF GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS | 1997年 / 22卷 / 01期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
11D M-theory; supergravity; anomalies; integral cohomology;
D O I：
10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00042-3
中图分类号：
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号：
070104 ;
摘要：
The quantization law for the antisymmetric tensor field of M-theory contains a gravitational contribution not known previously. When it is included, the low energy effective action of M-theory, including one-loop and Chern-Simons contributions, is well defined. The relation of M-theory to the E-8 x E-8 heterotic string greatly facilitates the analysis.
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