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   • CommentTimeNov 11th 2019
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   Format: MarkdownItexam finally giving this an entry of its own <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/shifted+C-field+flux+quantization/1">v1</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/shifted+C-field+flux+quantization">current</a>

   am finally giving this an entry of its own

   v1, current

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   • CommentTimeAug 15th 2020
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   Format: MarkdownItexadding references on the suggestion that an actual [[E8]]-[[principal bundle]] on 11d spacetime plays a role here: * D. Diaconescu, [[Gregory Moore]], [[Edward Witten]], _$E_8$ Gauge Theory, and a Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory_, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 6:1031-1134, 2003 ([arXiv:hep-th/0005090](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0005090)) * E. Diaconescu, [[Dan Freed]], [[Greg Moore]], Section 3 in: _The $M$-theory 3-form and $E_8$-gauge theory_, chapter in [[Haynes Miller]], [[Douglas Ravenel]] (eds.) _Elliptic Cohomology Geometry, Applications, and Higher Chromatic Analogues_, Cambridge University Press 2007 ([arXiv:hep-th/0312069](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312069), [doi:10.1017/CBO9780511721489](https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721489)) * Allan Adams1, [[Jarah Evslin]], _The loop group of $E_8$ and K-theory from 11d_, JHEP 02 (2003) ([arXiv:hep-th/0203218](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0203218)) * [[Hisham Sati]], _$E_8$ Gauge Theory and Gerbes in String Theory_, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 14:1-39, 2010 ([arXiv:hep-th/0608190](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0608190)) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/shifted+C-field+flux+quantization/7">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/shifted+C-field+flux+quantization/7">v7</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/shifted+C-field+flux+quantization">current</a>

   adding references on the suggestion that an actual E8-principal bundle on 11d spacetime plays a role here:

   • D. Diaconescu, Gregory Moore, Edward Witten, $E_8$ Gauge Theory, and a Derivation of K-Theory from M-Theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 6:1031-1134, 2003 (arXiv:hep-th/0005090)

   • E. Diaconescu, Dan Freed, Greg Moore, Section 3 in: The $M$-theory 3-form and $E_8$-gauge theory, chapter in Haynes Miller, Douglas Ravenel (eds.) Elliptic Cohomology Geometry, Applications, and Higher Chromatic Analogues, Cambridge University Press 2007 (arXiv:hep-th/0312069, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511721489)

   • Allan Adams1, Jarah Evslin, The loop group of $E_8$ and K-theory from 11d, JHEP 02 (2003) (arXiv:hep-th/0203218)

   • Hisham Sati, $E_8$ Gauge Theory and Gerbes in String Theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 14:1-39, 2010 (arXiv:hep-th/0608190)

   diff, v7, current