Normal Bundles, Pfaffians and Anomalies
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We deal with the problem of diffeomorphism anomaly in theories with branes. In particular we thoroughly analyze the problem of the residual chiral anomaly of a five–brane immersed in M–theory, paying attention to its global formulation in the five–brane world–volume. We conclude that the anomaly can be canceled by a local counterterm in the five–brane world–volume.
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