Twisted K-theory and K-theory of bundle gerbes

Peter Bouwknegt; Alan L. Carey; Varghese Mathai; Michael K. Murray; Danny Stevenson

doi:10.1007/s002200200646

Twisted K-theory and K-theory of bundle gerbes

Peter Bouwknegt^*, Alan L. Carey, Varghese Mathai, Michael K. Murray, Danny Stevenson

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In this note we introduce the notion of bundle gerbe K-theory and investigate the relation to twisted K-theory. We provide some examples. Possible applications of bundle gerbe K-theory to the classification of D-brane charges in nontrivial backgrounds are briefly discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-45
Number of pages	29
Journal	Communications in Mathematical Physics
Volume	228
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200200646
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002
Externally published	Yes

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