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Branes for Relativists

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Recently, branes in supergravity have become an indispensable tool even for traditional relativists. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a pedagogical account of the brane technology so that the relativists can use branes in their study. The type IIA supergravity theory is mainly discussed and other cases are briefly mentioned. The repulson singularity is also explained as an interesting application.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0108046,
  title  = {Branes for Relativists},
  author = {Jiro Soda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0108046},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure, Invited talk at the Meeting of Frontier of Cosmology and Gravitation, Kyoto, Japan, 25-27 April 2001