Lectures on Supergravity p-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We review the properties of classical p-brane solutions to supergravity theories, i.e. solutions that may be interpreted as Poincare-invariant hyperplanes in spacetime. Topics covered include the distinction between elementary/electric and solitonic/magnetic solutions, examples of singularity and global structure, relations between mass densities, charge densities and the preservation of unbroken supersymmetry, diagonal and vertical Kaluza-Klein reduction families, Scherk-Schwarz reduction and domain walls, and the classification of multiplicities using duality symmetries.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9701088,
title = {Lectures on Supergravity p-branes},
author = {K. S. Stelle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9701088},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
53 pages, 4 figures, Latex, uses epsf.sty. Lectures presented at 1996 ICTP Summer School, Trieste. (References added.)