String theory dualities from M-theory

被引：42

作者：

Aharony, O

机构：

[1] School of Physics and Astronomy, Beverly and Raymond Sackler F., Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1996年 / 476卷 / 03期

关键词：

string theory; T-duality; electric-magnetic duality; M-theory; membrane-membrane duality; membrane-fivebrane duality;

D O I：

10.1016/0550-3213(96)00321-5

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We analyze how string theory dualities may be described in M-theory. T-dualities arise from scalar-vector dualities in the worldvolume of the membrane of M-theory. ''Electric-magnetic'' dualities arise from a duality transformation in M-theory compactified on a 3-torus, which takes the membrane into a fivebrane wrapped around the 3-torus. We show how the action of the membrane transforms into the action of the wrapped fivebrane by this transformation. Other ''electric-magnetic'' dualities are related to this duality by compactifications and orbifoldings.

引用

页码：470 / 483

页数：14

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