Constructing D-branes from K-theory

1999/01/01 by Kasper Olsen, Richard J. Szabo · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Brane cosmology #Physics #Superstring theory #Theoretical physics #String theory #Gauge theory #Formalism (music) #Brane #Supersymmetry #Topological string theory #Mathematical physics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #Quantum mechanics

paper · pdf · doi:10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n4.a5

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Abstract

A detailed review of recent developments in the topological classification of D-branes in superstring theory is presented. Beginning with a thorough, self-contained introduction to the techniques and applications of topological K-theory, the relationships between the classic constructions of K-theory and

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