Holonomy on D-branes
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2004
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Carey, A.
Johnson, S.
Murray, M.
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Journal of Geometry and Physics, 2004; 52(2):186-216
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Alan L. Carey, Stuart Johnson and Michael K. Murray
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Abstract
This paper shows how to construct anomaly free world sheet actions in string theory with D-branes. Our method is to use Deligne cohomology and bundle gerbe theory to define geometric objects which are naturally associated to D-branes and connections on them. The holonomy of these connections can be used to cancel global anomalies in the world sheet action.