Type IIB instanton as a wave in twelve dimensions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-09-17 v2
Abstract
0-brane of type IIA string theory can be interpreted as a dimensional reduction of a gravitational wave in 11 dimensions. We observe that a similar interpretation applies also to the D-instanton background of type IIB theory: it can be viewed as a reduction (along one spatial and one time-like direction) of a wave in a 12-dimensional theory. The instanton charge is thus related to a linear momentum in 12 dimensions. This suggests that the instanton should play as important role in type IIB theory as the 0-brane is supposed to play in type IIA theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9612164,
title = {Type IIB instanton as a wave in twelve dimensions},
author = {A. A. Tseytlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9612164},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, harvmac (minor corrections and a reference added)