A Chern-Simons pandemic
Abstract In this paper we study the consistency of generalized global symmetries in theories of quantum gravity, in particular string theory. Such global symmetries arise in theories with (p + 1)-form gauge fields, and for spacetime dimension d ≤ p + 3 there are obstructions to their breaking even b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)123 |