D-BRANE ACTIONS

Authors
SCHMIDHUBER C
Citation
C. Schmidhuber, D-BRANE ACTIONS, Nuclear physics. B, 467(1-2), 1996, pp. 146-158
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
467
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
146 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1996)467:1-2<146:DA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Effective world-brane actions for solitons of ten-dimensional type IIA and IIB superstring theory are derived using the formulation of solit ons as Dirichlet branes. The one-brane actions are used to recover pre dictions of SL(2, Z) strong-weak coupling duality. The two-brane actio n, which contains a hidden eleventh target-space coordinate, is shown to be the eleven-dimensional supermembrane action. It can be thought o f as the membrane action of ''M-theory''.