D-branes and K-homology

In this thesis the close relationship between the topological $K$-homology group of the spacetime manifold $X$ of string theory and D-branes in string theory is examined. An element of the $K$-homology group is given by an equivalence class of $K$-cycles $[M,E,\phi]$, where $M$ is a closed spin$^c$...

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Main Author: Jia, Bei
Other Authors: Mathematics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32039
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04292013-182032/