Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0210141
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Twisted K-theory and its application to String Theory and Conformal Field Theory. String Theory is, at present, the only consistent theory of quantum gravity. Recently, twisted K-theory was proposed as the algebraic structure underlying the classification of D-branes, i.e. solitonic extended objects, in certain closed string backgrounds. In this project we aim to advance our understanding of the properties of twisted K-theory in the context of String Theory and Conformal Field Theory. The ultimate goal is to find the appropriate K-theory classifying D-branes in arbitrary closed string backgrounds or, similarly, classifying boundary Conformal Field Theories. It has already emerged that the K-theory of C*-algebras will play an important role.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2002
End Date: 12-2005
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $240,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Theoretical Physics | Geometry | Pure Mathematics | Category Theory, K Theory, Homological Algebra
