K-theory and Ramond-Ramond charge

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30 October 1997

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We discuss the relation between the Ramond-Ramond charges of D-branes and the topology of Chan-Paton vector bundles. We show that a topologically nontrivial normal bundle induces RR charge and that the result fits in perfectly with the proposal that D-brane charge is the topology of the Chan-Paton bundle, regarded as an element of K-theory.

Keywords

RAMOND RAMOND CHARGE
K THEORY
TOPOLOGY
BRANES
PATON
CHAN

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Published version: Journal of High Energy Physics, 1997 (11), 002.

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