Strings and Branes are Waves
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-19 v2
Abstract
We examine the equations of motion of double field theory and the duality manifest form of M-theory. We show the solutions of the equations of motion corresponding to null pp-waves correspond to strings or membranes from the usual spacetime perspective. A Goldstone mode analysis of the null wave solution in double field theory produces the equations of motion of the duality manifest string.
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@article{arxiv.1403.7198,
title = {Strings and Branes are Waves},
author = {Joel Berkeley and David S. Berman and Felix J. Rudolph},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7198},
year = {2015}
}
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31 pages, LaTex, v2 some typos corrected and refs added