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Static, non-SUSY $p$-branes in diverse dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We give explicit constructions of static, non-supersymmetric pp-brane (for pd4p \leq d-4, where dd is the space-time dimensionality and including p=1p=-1 or D-instanton) solutions of type II supergravities in diverse dimensions. A subclass of these are the static counterpart of the time dependent solutions obtained in [hep-th/0309202]. Depending on the forms of the non-extremality function G(r)G(r) defined in the text, we discuss various possible solutions and their region of validity. We show how one class of these solutions interpolate between the pp-brane--anti pp-brane solutions and the usual BPS pp-brane solutions in d=10d=10, while the other class, although have BPS limits, do not have such an interpretation. We point out how the time dependent solutions mentioned above can be obtained by a Wick rotation of one class of these static solutions. We also discuss another type of solutions which might seem non-supersymmetric, but we show by a coordinate transformation that they are nothing but the near horizon limits of the various BPS pp-branes already known.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408242,
  title  = {Static, non-SUSY $p$-branes in diverse dimensions},
  author = {J. X. Lu and S. Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408242},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

29 pages, typos corrected, references added