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Born-Infeld action, supersymmetry and string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-11-23 v5

Abstract

We review and elaborate on some aspects of Born-Infeld action and its supersymmetric generalizations in connection with string theory. Contents: BI action from string theory; some properties of bosonic D=4 BI action; N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric BI actions with manifest linear D=4 supersymmetry; four-derivative terms in N=4 supersymmetric BI action; BI actions with `deformed' supersymmetry from D-brane actions; non-abelian generalization of BI action; derivative corrections to BI action in open superstring theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9908105,
  title  = {Born-Infeld action, supersymmetry and string theory},
  author = {A. A. Tseytlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9908105},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

37 pages, harvmac, contribution to Yuri Golfand memorial volume; misprints corrected

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