The six-dimensional self-dual tensor

被引：64

作者：

Howe, PS

Sezgin, E

West, PC

机构：

[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV,CTR THEORET PHYS,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843

[2] ISAAC NEWTON INST MATH SCI,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1997年 / 400卷 / 3-4期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00365-1

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The equations of motion for a self-interacting self-dual tensor in six dimensions are extracted from the equations describing the M-theory five-brane. These equations are presented in a self-contained, six-dimensional Lorentz-covariant form. In particular, it is shown that the field-strength tensor satisfies a non-linear generalised self-duality constraint. The self-duality equation is rewritten in five-dimensional notation and shown to be identical to the corresponding equation in the non-covariant formalism. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：255 / 259

页数：5