Parametrised Homotopy Theory and Gauge Enhancement

2019/03/07 by Vincent Braunack-Mayer, Vincent Braunack‐Mayer
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Cofibration #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #Homotopy #Homotopy sphere #Materials science #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Regular homotopy #Theoretical physics #Type (biology) #hep-th #n-connected

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/prop.201910003

6 pages, Contribution to Proceedings of LMS/EPSRC Durham Symposium Higher Structures in M-Theory, August 2018

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Abstract

Abstract We review a first‐principles derivation of Type IIA D‐brane charges from M‐theory degrees of freedom in the approximation of super rational homotopy theory.

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