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Anomaly of strings of 6d N = (1,0) theories

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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 11, Pages -

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2016)165

Keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Field in higher Dimensions; Supersymmetric gauge theory

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  1. Programs for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT, Japan, via the Leading Graduate Course for Frontiers of Mathematical Sciences and Physics
  2. JSPS [25870159]
  3. WPI Initiative, MEXT, Japan at IPMU, the University of Tokyo
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25870159, 16J06515] Funding Source: KAKEN

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We obtain the anomaly polynomial of strings of general 6d N = (1,0) theories in terms of anomaly inflow. Our computation sheds some light on the reason why the simplest 6d N = (1, 0) theory has E-8 flavor symmetry, and also partially explains a curious numerology in F-theory.

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