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Solitons on the Supermembrane

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v3

Abstract

Energy bounds are derived for planar and compactified M2-branes in a hyper-K\"ahler background. These bounds are saturated, respectively, by lump and Q-kink solitons, which are shown to preserve a half of the worldvolume supersymmetry. The Q-kinks have a dual IIB interpretation as strings that migrate between fivebranes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9904020,
  title  = {Solitons on the Supermembrane},
  author = {E. Bergshoeff and P. K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9904020},
  year   = {2010}
}

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18 pp. Latex; v2: minor corrections, version as published in JHEP

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