Flat connections from flat gerbes
arXiv:hep-th/0201072 · doi:10.1002/1521-3978(200209)50:8/9<916::AID-PROP916>3.0.CO;2-R
Abstract
We discuss some aspects of heterotic-Type I duality. We focus on toroidal compactification, with special attention for the topology of the gauge group, and the topology of the bundle. We review the arguments leading to a classification of Spin(32)/Z_2-bundles over tori, suitable for string compactifications. A central role is played by n-gerbes with connection, a generalization of bundles with connection.
LaTex, 6 pages, contributed to the proceedings of the RTN meeting ``The Quantum Structure of Spacetime and the Geometric Nature of Fundamental Interactions'', (Corfu, September 2001)