Born-Infeld action and Chern-Simons term from Kaluza-Klein monopole in M-theory

被引:27
作者
Imamura, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Dept Phys, Kyoto 60601, Japan
关键词
string theory; M-theory; gravitational instanton;
D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01204-5
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We investigate the zero modes of the Kaluza-Klein monopole in M-theory and show that the Born-Infeld action and the Chern-Simons term of a D6-brane are reproduced to quadratic order in the field strength of the U(1) field on the brane. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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