F-theory from Dirichlet 3-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v2
Abstract
Starting from the type IIB Dirichlet 3-brane action, we obtain a Nambu-Goto action. It is interpreted as the world volume action of a fundamental 3-brane, and its target space theory as F-theory. The target space is twelve dimensional, with signature . It is an elliptic fibration over a ten dimensional base space. The symmetry of type IIB string has now an explicit geometric interpretation. Also, one gets a glimpse of the conjectured self-duality of M-theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9606009,
title = {F-theory from Dirichlet 3-branes},
author = {Dileep P. Jatkar and S. Kalyana Rama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9606009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages. Latex file. Changes: A Note Added; references updated, 2 more added; text changed to refer to new references; and changes in the acknowledgement. To appear in Phys. Lett. B