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Topological tensor current of $\tilde{p}$-branes in the $\phi$-mapping theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v1

Abstract

We present a new general topological tensor current of p~\tilde{p}-branes by making use of the ϕ\phi -mapping theory. It is shown that the current is identically conserved and behave as δ(ϕ),\delta (\vec{\phi}), and every isolated zero of the vector field ϕ(x)\vec{\phi}(x) corresponds to a `magnetic' p~\tilde{p}-brane. Using this topological current, the generalized Nambu action for multi p~\tilde{p}-branes is given, and the field strength FF corresponding to this topological tensor current is obtained. It is also shown that the `magnetic' charges carried by p~\tilde{p}-branes are topologically quantized and labeled by Hopf index and Brouwer degree, the winding number of the ϕ\phi-mapping.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9904123,
  title  = {Topological tensor current of $\tilde{p}$-branes in the $\phi$-mapping theory},
  author = {Yishi Duan and Libin Fu and Guan Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9904123},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages, ReTeX