Quasi-Elliptic Cohomology of 4-Spheres

Abstract

It is a famous hypothesis that orbifold D-brane charges in string theory can be classified in twisted equivariant K-theory. Recently, it is believed that the hypothesis has a non-trivial lift to M-branes classified in twisted real equivariant 4-Cohomotopy. Quasi-elliptic cohomology, which is defined as an equivariant cohomology of a cyclification of orbifolds, potentially interpolates the two statements, by approximating equivariant 4-Cohomotopy classified by 4-sphere orbifolds. In this paper we compute Real and complex quasi-elliptic cohomology theories of 4-spheres under the action by some finite subgroups that are the most interesting isotropy groups where the M5-branes may sit. The computation connects the M-brane charges in the presence of discrete symmetries to Real quasi-elliptic cohomology theories, and those with the symmetry omitted to complex quasi-elliptic cohomology theories.

Keywords

• elliptic cohomology
• M5-branes
• KR-theory