We show that supercocycles on super L-infinity algebras capture, at the rational level, the twisted cohomological charge structure of the fields of M-theory and of type IIA string theory. We show that rational 4-sphere-valued supercocycles for M-branes in M-theory descend to supercocycles in type IIA string theory with coefficients in the free loop space of the 4-sphere, to yield the Ramond-Ramond fields in the rational image of twisted K-theory, with the twist given by the B-field. In particular, we derive the M2/M5 - F1/Dp/NS5 correspondence via dimensional reduction of sphere-valued super-L-infinity-cocycles.

Rational sphere valued supercocycles in M-theory and type IIA string theory / Fiorenza, Domenico; Sati, Hisham; Schreiber, Urs. - In: JOURNAL OF GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS. - ISSN 0393-0440. - 114:(2017), pp. 91-108. [10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.11.024]

Rational sphere valued supercocycles in M-theory and type IIA string theory

FIORENZA, DOMENICO;
2017

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We show that supercocycles on super L-infinity algebras capture, at the rational level, the twisted cohomological charge structure of the fields of M-theory and of type IIA string theory. We show that rational 4-sphere-valued supercocycles for M-branes in M-theory descend to supercocycles in type IIA string theory with coefficients in the free loop space of the 4-sphere, to yield the Ramond-Ramond fields in the rational image of twisted K-theory, with the twist given by the B-field. In particular, we derive the M2/M5 - F1/Dp/NS5 correspondence via dimensional reduction of sphere-valued super-L-infinity-cocycles.
2017
branes; homotopy Lie algebras; rational homotopy theory; supersymmetry; mathematical physics; physics and astronomy (all); geometry and topology
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Rational sphere valued supercocycles in M-theory and type IIA string theory / Fiorenza, Domenico; Sati, Hisham; Schreiber, Urs. - In: JOURNAL OF GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS. - ISSN 0393-0440. - 114:(2017), pp. 91-108. [10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.11.024]
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