ANOMALIES OF THE SO(32) 5-BRANE AND THEIR CANCELLATION

Authors
MOURAD J
Citation
J. Mourad, ANOMALIES OF THE SO(32) 5-BRANE AND THEIR CANCELLATION, Nuclear physics. B, 512(1-2), 1998, pp. 199-208
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
512
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
199 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1998)512:1-2<199:AOTS5A>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The anomaly due to the chiral fermions on the world-volume of the SO(3 2) five-brane is calculated. It is shown that this contribution has th e correct structure for it to be cancelled by the variation of the cla ssical world-volume action. The cancellation mechanism requires a Gree n-Schwarz-like term in the classical action. The result confirms the f ield content of the SO(32) five-brane proposed by Witten. (C) 1998 Els evier Science B.V.