MULTI-MEMBRANE SOLUTIONS OF D = 11 SUPERGRAVITY

被引:282
作者
DUFF, MJ [1 ]
STELLE, KS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,BLACKETT LAB,LONDON SW7 2BZ,ENGLAND
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)91371-2
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We find exact solutions to the field equations of eleven-dimensional supergravity corresponding to stable multi-membrane configurations. Their holonomy group is given by the SO(8) subgroup of an enlarged tangent space group SO(1,2) X SO(16), and hence one half of the spacetime supersymmetries are broken. The solutions saturate a Bogomol'nyi bound between the mass per unit area and the Page charge, which also guarantees their stability.
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页数:6
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