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M-theory branes and their interactions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

In recent years there has been some progress in understanding how one might model the interactions of branes in M-theory despite not having a fundamental perturbative description. The goal of this review is to describe different approaches to M-theory branes and their interactions. This includes: a review of M-theory branes themselves and their properties; brane interactions; the self-dual string and its properties; the role of anomalies in learning about brane systems; the recent work of Basu and Harvey with subsequent developments; and how these complimentary approaches might fit together.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1707,
  title  = {M-theory branes and their interactions},
  author = {David S. Berman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1707},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Latex, 77 pages (only), invited review for Physics Reports. v2: corrected typos + references added

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