nLab Gregory Moore

Selected writings

On the action of the modular group on spin structures over closed surfaces in relation to theta functions and string amplitudes:

Early argument that the RR-field flux density-expressions for D-brane charge are of the form of Chern characters on topological K-theory, leading to the K-theory classification of D-brane charge:

On anyons in the fractional quantum Hall effect satisfying non-abelian braid group statistics and introducing the Moore-Read states:

Indication that the effective abelian Chern-Simons theory describing the fractional quantum Hall effect has to be understood, in general, as a spin Chern-Simons theory:

On boundary conditions (BCFT/D-branes) for the gauged WZW model via parafermions:

On the K-theory classification of D-brane charge:

On AdS3-CFT2 for D1/D5 brane bound states and black hole entropy in string theory:

On Lorentzian orbifolds as target spacetimes in string theory:

On abelian Chern-Simons theory and its refinement to Spin Chern-Simons theory, with application to effective description of fractional quantum Hall systems:

On self-dual higher gauge theory:

On quantization of the electromagnetic field in view of Dirac charge quantization and higher U(1)-gauge theory:

On potential experiments detecting uncertainty of fluxes in quantum electromagnetism:

On BPS states and wall crossing in D=4 N=4 super Yang-Mills theory:

  • PiTP lectures on BPS states and wall-crossing in d = 4, 𝒩=2\mathcal{N} = 2 theories (2010) [pdf]

On the conjectural D=6 N=(2,0) SCFT on M5-branes:

On D-branes:

On mathematical physics:

On Chern-Simons theory:

On relating the Monster vertex operator algebra and its cousins to quantum error correction:

On the 10-fold way:

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