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Hyper-Kahler manifolds and multiply-intersecting branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-07 v4

Abstract

Generalized membrane solutions of D=11 supergravity, for which the transverse space is a toric hyper-K{\" a}hler manifold, are shown to have IIB duals representing the intersection of parallel 3-branes with 5-branes whose orientations are determined by their Sl(2;\bZ)Sl(2;\bZ) charge vectors. These IIB solutions, which generically preserve 3/16 of the supersymmetry, can be further mapped to solutions of D=11 supergravity representing the intersection of parallel membranes with any number of fivebranes at arbitrary angles. Alternatively, a subclass (corresponding to non-singular D=11 solutions) can be mapped to solutions representing the intersection on a string of any number of D-5-branes at arbitrary angles, again preserving 3/16 supersymmetry, as we verify in a special case by a quaternionic extension of the analysis of Berkooz, Douglas and Leigh. We also use similar methods to find new 1/8 supersymmetric solutions of orthogonally intersecting branes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9702202,
  title  = {Hyper-Kahler manifolds and multiply-intersecting branes},
  author = {J. P. Gauntlett and G. W. Gibbons and G. Papadopoulos and P. K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9702202},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Minor corrections to text. Improved appendix. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B. Reference added