Super D-branes revisited
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
A version of the kappa-symmetric super D-p-brane action is presented in which the tension is a dynamical variable, equal to the flux of a p-form worldvolume gauge field. The Lagrangian is shown to be invariant under all (super)isometries of the background for appropriate transformations of the worldvolume gauge fields, which determine the central charges in the symmetry algebra. We also present the Hamiltonian form of the action in a general supergravity background.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9804011,
title = {Super D-branes revisited},
author = {E. Bergshoeff and P. K. Townsend},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9804011},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
17 pp Latex. Revision is now in latex with some simplifications of the Hamiltonian formulation included