A Brane Teaser
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-02-03 v2
Abstract
In this note we study the puzzle posed by two M5-branes intersecting on a string (or equivalently, a single M5-brane wrapping a holomorphic four-cycle in C^4). It has been known for a while that this system is different from all other configurations built using self-intersecting M-branes; in particular the corresponding supergravity solution exhibits various curious features which have remained unexplained. We propose that the resolution to these puzzles lies in the existence of a non-zero two-form on the M5-brane world-volume.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0306248,
title = {A Brane Teaser},
author = {Tasneem Zehra Husain},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0306248},
year = {2010}
}
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21 pages. References added