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Volkov-Akulov theory and D-branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

The action of supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory (D-9-brane in a Lorentz covariant static gauge) has a geometric form of the Volkov-Akulov-type. The first non-linearly realized supersymmetry can be made manifest, the second world-volume supersymmetry is not manifest. We also study the analogous 2 supersymmetries of the quadratic action of the covariantly quantized D-0-brane. We show that the Hamiltonian and the BRST operator are build from these two supersymmetry generators.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9705118,
  title  = {Volkov-Akulov theory and D-branes},
  author = {Renata Kallosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9705118},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, Latex, Contribution to Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory, International Seminar dedicated to the memory of D. V. Volkov (Kharkov, 1997)