Branes, Times and Dualities
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Dualities link M-theory, the 10+1 dimensional strong coupling limit of the IIA string, to other 11-dimensional theories in signatures 9+2 and 6+5, and to type II string theories in all 10-dimensional signatures. We study the Freund-Rubin-type compactifications and brane-type solutions of these theories, and find that branes with various world-volume signatures are possible. For example, the 9+2 dimensional M* theory has membrane-type solutions with world-volumes of signature (3,0) and (1,2), and a solitonic solution with world-volume signature (5,1).
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808069,
title = {Branes, Times and Dualities},
author = {C. M. Hull and R. R. Khuri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808069},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
36 pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses harvmac macro