Non-abelian tensor-multiplet anomalies

, and

Published 22 October 1998 • Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Jeffrey A. Harvey et al JHEP09(1998)004 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/09/004

Download Article PDF

Article metrics

267 Total downloads

Share this article

Author affiliations

1 Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

2 Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Dates

  1. Received 4 September 1998
  2. Accepted 7 September 1998
  3. Published

Buy this article in print

1126-6708/1998/09/004

Abstract

We use the anomaly cancellation of the M-theory fivebrane to derive the R-symmetry anomalies of theAN (0,2) tensor-multiplet theories. This result leads to a simple derivation of black hole entropy in d = 4,Script N = 2 compactifications of M-theory. We also show how the formalism of normal bundle anomaly cancellation clarifies the Kaluza-Klein origin of Chern-Simons terms in gauged supergravity theories. The results imply the existence of interesting 1/N corrections in the AdS/CFT correspondence.

Export citation and abstract BibTeX RIS

Previous article in issue
Next article in issue
10.1088/1126-6708/1998/09/004