One-loop Chern-Simons terms in five dimensions

Federico Bonetti, Thomas W. Grimm, Stefan Hohenegger

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Abstract

We compute one-loop corrections to five-dimensional gauge and gravitational Chern-Simons terms induced by integrating out charged massive fields. The considered massive fields are spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 fermions, as well as complex two-forms with first order kinetic terms. Consistency with six-dimensional gravitational anomalies of (1, 0) and (2, 0) theories is shown by interpreting the massive fields as excited Kaluza-Klein modes in a circle compactification. The results are in accordance with the geometric predictions of the M-theory to F-theory duality as well as the comparison with an explicit one-loop computation in heterotic string theory compactified on K3 × S 1.

Original languageEnglish
Article number43
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2013
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Anomalies in Field and String Theories
  • Chern-Simons Theories
  • Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

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