5-BRANES AND M-THEORY ON AN ORBIFOLD

Authors
WITTEN E
Citation
E. Witten, 5-BRANES AND M-THEORY ON AN ORBIFOLD, Nuclear physics. B, 463(2-3), 1996, pp. 383-397
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
463
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
383 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1996)463:2-3<383:5AMOAO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We relate Type IIB superstrings compactified to six dimensions on K3 t o an eleven-dimensional theory compactified on (S-1)(5)/Z(2). Eleven-d imensional five-branes enter the story in an interesting way.