Title: Global anomalies, string theory and spacetime topology
Abstract: The author discusses global anomalies in the E8*E8 and SO(32) superstring theories, formulated on an arbitrary spacetime M. Cancellation of global anomalies in the E8*E8 theory results in constraints on the topology of M. For the SO(32) theory it seems unlikely that any interesting manifold will lead to an anomaly-free theory.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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