M & m's

被引：61

作者：

Losev, A ^{[1
]}

Moore, G ^{[1
]}

Shatashvili, SL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1998年 / 522卷 / 1-2期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00262-4

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 consider M-theory 5-branes with compact transverse dimensions. In certain limits the theory on the 5-brane decouples and defines "little string theories" in 5+1 dimensions. We show that the familiar structure of IIA/IIB, M-, F-theory in 10, 11, 12 dimensions, respectively, has a perfect parallel in a theory of strings and membranes in 6, 7, 8 dimensions. We call these theories a/b-, m-, f-theories. They have a coupling constant but no gravity. This construction clarifies some mysteries in F-theory and leads to several speculations about the phase structure of M-theory. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：105 / 124

页数：20