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arxiv: hep-th/9603142 · v1 · submitted 1996-03-21 · ✦ hep-th

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Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity on a Manifold with Boundary

Petr Horava , Edward Witten
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In this paper, we present a systematic analysis of eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary, which is believed to be relevant to the strong coupling limit of the $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string. Gauge and gravitational anomalies enter at a very early stage, and require a refinement of the standard Green-Schwarz mechanism for their cancellation. This uniquely determines the gauge group to be a copy of $E_8$ for each boundary component, fixes the gauge coupling constant in terms of the gravitational constant, and leads to several striking new tests of the hypothesis that there is a consistent quantum $M$-theory with eleven-dimensional supergravity as its low energy limit.

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