七维时空中的弦-膜对偶性
高能物理 - 理论
2010-11-01 v2
摘要
将杂弦与紧化的IIA型超弦的猜想等价性，与后者与紧化的11维超膜的猜想等价性相结合，推导出七维时空中的弦-膜对偶性；膜是弦理论的孤子，反之亦然。该对偶性的一个预测是，杂弦是孤子性的11维五膜的一种紧化。我们验证了D=10杂弦的世界面作用量确实可以通过11维五膜的世界体作用量的紧化得到，并提出了D=11超膜的世界体作用量如何类似地通过D=10杂弦五膜的世界体作用量的紧化得到。还讨论了向弦-三膜和膜-膜对偶性的推广。
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9504095,
title = {String-Membrane Duality in Seven Dimensions},
author = {P. K. Townsend},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9504095},
year = {2010}
}
备注
The original version of this paper dealt mostly with one side of string-membrane duality: the solitonic interpretation of the heterotic string as a $K_3$ compactified D=11 superfivebrane. The revised version includes a discussion of the converse prediction: that the supermembrane has a solitonic interpretation as a $T^3$ compactified heterotic fivebrane. It also includes a discussion of D=8 membrane-membrane duality, and various changes to the references