DYNAMICS OF RELATIVISTIC MEMBRANES WITH BOUNDARIES

Authors
CAPOVILLA R GUVEN J
Citation
R. Capovilla et J. Guven, DYNAMICS OF RELATIVISTIC MEMBRANES WITH BOUNDARIES, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 41(5), 1995, pp. 765-770
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Revista Mexicana de Fisica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
765 - 770
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1995)41:5<765:DORMWB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A covariant formalism is presented to describe the dynamics of an arbi trary membrane with smooth physical boundaries. We exploit the fact th at the boundary worldsheet is an embedded surface of codimension one i n the worldsheet spanned by the membrane in spacetime. The formalism a pplies to any effective theory for the dynamics of the membrane and of its boundary. The case of extremal membranes with extremal boundaries is discussed in detail.