Brane Surgery
高能物理 - 理论
2009-10-30 v2
摘要
Some aspects of the role of p-branes in non-perturbative superstring theory and M-theory are reviewed. It is then shown how the Chern-Simons terms in D=10 and D=11 supergravity theories determine which branes can end on which, i.e. the `brane boundary rules'.
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9609217,
title = {Brane Surgery},
author = {P. K. Townsend},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9609217},
year = {2009}
}
备注
Minor corrections. Now in Latex. Needs espcrc2.sty macro. 13 pp. To appear in Proceedings of the European Research Conference on `Advanced Quantum Field Theory' held in memory of Claude Itzykson, La lonnde les Maures, France, Sept. 1996