Boundaries in M-theory

被引:42
作者
Becker, K [1 ]
Becker, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
open membrane; boundary conditions; M-theory; fivebrane; D-brane; light-cone gauge;
D O I
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00213-1
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 formulate boundary conditions for an open membrane that ends on the fivebrane of M-theory. We show that the dynamics of the eleven-dimensional fivebrane can be obtained from the quantization of a ''small membrane'' that is confined to a single fivebrane and which moves with the speed of light. This shows that the eleven-dimensional fivebrane has an interpretation as a D-brane of an open supermembrane as has recently been proposed by Strominger and Townsend. We briefly discuss the boundary dynamics of an infinitely extended planar membrane that is stretched between two parallel fivebranes.
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页码:221 / 230
页数:10
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