On flux quantization in $M$-theory and the effective action

Witten, Edward

doi:10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00042-3

On flux quantization in $M$ -theory and the effective action

Edward Witten
(
- Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study
)

Sep, 1996

17 pages

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J.Geom.Phys. 22 (1997) 1-13

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hep-th/9609122 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00042-3

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IASSNS-HEP-96-96

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Abstract:

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\times E_8

heterotic string greatly facilitates the analysis.

field theory: M-theory
dimension: 11
field theory: tensor
flux: quantization
effective action
anomaly
path integral

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