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Interactions of strings and D-branes from M theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-29 v2

Abstract

We discuss the relation between M theory and type II string theories. We show that, assuming ``natural'' interactions between membranes and fivebranes in M theory, the known interactions between strings and D-branes in type II string theories arise in appropriate limits. Our discussion of the interactions is purely at the classical level. We remark on issues associated with the M theory approach to enhanced gauge symmetries, which deserve further investigation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9603009,
  title  = {Interactions of strings and D-branes from M theory},
  author = {Ofer Aharony and Jacob Sonnenschein and Shimon Yankielowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9603009},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages, 3 figures, uses harvmac.tex and epsf.tex. Added a discussion of Kaluza-Klein monopoles and some minor changes