Abstract
In string theory space–time comes equipped with an additional geometric structure called a B –field or ‘gerbe’. I describe this structure, mention its relationship with noncommutative geometry, and explain how to use the B –field to define a twisted version of the K –theory of space–time. String–theoretical space–time can contain topologically non–trivial dynamical structures called D–branes. These are simply accounted for in the framework of conformal field theory. In a highly simplified limiting casetopological field theory with a finite gauge group—the D–branes naturally represent elements of the twisted K –theory of space–time: the K –theory class is the ‘charge’ of the D–brane.
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More From: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
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