Wrapped Branes and Supersymmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-09-17 v2
Abstract
Configurations of two or more branes wrapping different homology cycles of space-time are considered and the amount of supersymmetry preserved is analysed, generalising the analysis of multiple branes in flat space. For K3 compactifications, these give the Type II or M theory origin of certain supersymmetric four-dimensional heterotic string solutions that fit into spin-3/2 multiplets and which become massless at certain points in moduli space. The interpretation of these BPS states and the possibility of supersymmetry enhancement are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9709033,
title = {Wrapped Branes and Supersymmetry},
author = {Mirjam Cvetic and Christopher M. Hull},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9709033},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, Latex with Revtex, minor corrections and references added, version to appear in Nuclear Physics B