Brane waves and strings
Abstract
Recently, solutions of the Born-Infeld theory representing strings emanating from a Dirichlet p-brane have been constructed. We discuss the embedding of these Bom-Infeld solutions into the non-abelian theory appropriate to multiple overlapping p-branes. We also prove supersymmetry of the solutions explicitly in the full non-linear theory. We then study transverse fluctuations, both from the world-brane point of view and by analyzing a test string in the supergravity background of a D p-brane. We find agreement between the two approaches for the cases p = 3,4.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics B
- Pub Date:
- March 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)86505-4
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9710097
- Bibcode:
- 1998NuPhB.514..161L
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, LaTex, References added