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arxiv: hep-th/9710230 · v3 · submitted 1997-10-30 · ✦ hep-th

K-theory and Ramond-Ramond charge

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keywords chargebundlechan-patonk-theoryramond-ramondtopologybundlescharges
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We discuss the relation between the Ramond-Ramond charges of D-branes and the topology of Chan-Paton vector bundles. We show that a topologically nontrivial normal bundle induces RR charge and that the result fits in perfectly with the proposal that D-brane charge is the topology of the Chan-Paton bundle, regarded as an element of K-theory.

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