The Exchange of Orientifold Two-Planes in M-theory

Details The Exchange of Orientifold Two-Planes in M-theory The Exchange of Orientifold Two-Planes in M-theory

2003-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303270v2

Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 106003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

23+1 pages, 6 figures. v2: typos corrected, references added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.69.106003

We propose an M-theory lift picture of the exchange among type IIA orientifold two-planes. This consists in wrapping a M5-brane on a three-cycle in the transverse space of the M-theory orientifold plane OM2. A flux quantization condition for the three-form self-dual field strength, on the worldvolume of the M5-brane is computed. This condition establishes the value which explains the relative charge between two different OM2-planes. Also, we find that the exchange of the four types of orientifold two-planes in string theory, has a common picture in M-theory. Moreover, we find that the assignment of the extra charge is fixed by cohomology and by the flux quantization of the field strength G in M-theory. We conclude that cohomology is sufficient to describe some orientifold properties in M-theory, that at string theory level, only K-theory is able to explain.

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