Anomaly of strings of 6d N=(1,0) theories
Abstract
We obtain the anomaly polynomial of strings of general 6d N=(1,0) theories in terms of anomaly inflow. Our computation sheds some light on the reason why the simplest 6d N=(1,0) theory has E8 flavor symmetry, and also partially explains a curious numerology in F-theory.
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