p-brane Taxonomy
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review an approach to the construction and classification of p-brane solitons in arbitrary dimensions, with an emphasis on those that arise in toroidally-compactified M-theory. Procedures for constructing the low-energy supergravity limits in arbitrary dimensions, and for studying the supersymmetry properties of the solitons are presented. Wide classes of p-brane solutions are obtained, and their properties and classification in terms of bound states and intersections of M-branes are described. (Based on lectures presented at the Summer School in High-Energy Physics and Cosmology, Trieste, Italy, 10 Jun - 26 Jul 1996.)
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9702086,
title = {p-brane Taxonomy},
author = {H. Lu and C. N. Pope},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9702086},
year = {2007}
}
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Latex, 45 pages