K-theory and Ramond-Ramond charge

1997/10/31 by Ruben Minasian, Gregory Moore · 10 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1997/11/002

published as JHEP9711:002,1997 · 8 pages, harvmac. Partial retraction of the partial retraction, as explained in note added

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Abstract

We discuss the relation between the Ramond-Ramond charges of D-branes and the topology of Chan-Paton vector bundles. We show that a topologically nontrivial normal bundle induces RR charge and that the result fits in perfectly with the proposal that D-brane charge is the topology of the Chan-Paton bundle, regarded as an element of K-theory.

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