We characterize the integral cohomology and the rational homotopy type of the maximal Borel-equivariantization of the combined Hopf/twistor fibration, and find that subtle relations satisfied by the cohomology generators are just those that govern Horava-Witten's proposal for the extension of the Green-Schwarz mechanism from heterotic string theory to heterotic M-theory. We discuss how this squares with the Hypothesis H that the elusive mathematical foundation of M-theory is based on charge quantization in tangentially twisted unstable Cohomotopy theory.

Twistorial cohomotopy implies Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation / Fiorenza, Domenico; Sati, Hisham; Schreiber, Urs. - In: REVIEWS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0129-055X. - 34:05(2022). [10.1142/s0129055x22500131]

Twistorial cohomotopy implies Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation

Domenico Fiorenza;
2022

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We characterize the integral cohomology and the rational homotopy type of the maximal Borel-equivariantization of the combined Hopf/twistor fibration, and find that subtle relations satisfied by the cohomology generators are just those that govern Horava-Witten's proposal for the extension of the Green-Schwarz mechanism from heterotic string theory to heterotic M-theory. We discuss how this squares with the Hypothesis H that the elusive mathematical foundation of M-theory is based on charge quantization in tangentially twisted unstable Cohomotopy theory.
2022
M-theory; rational homotopy theory; generalized cohomology; twistor fibration
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Twistorial cohomotopy implies Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation / Fiorenza, Domenico; Sati, Hisham; Schreiber, Urs. - In: REVIEWS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0129-055X. - 34:05(2022). [10.1142/s0129055x22500131]
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