Published November 28, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Anomaly of strings of 6d N =(1,0) theories

  • 1. Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583 (Japan)

Description

We obtain the anomaly polynomial of strings of general 6d N =(1,0) theories in terms of anomaly inflow. Our computation sheds some light on the reason why the simplest 6d N =(1,0) theory has E8 flavor symmetry, and also partially explains a curious numerology in F-theory.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)165; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/18109

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 165
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48056718
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CALCULATION METHODS; FLAVOR MODEL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; STRING THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; M-THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP11(2016)165; ARXIV:1608.05894; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:18109
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)