The SO(32) heterotic and type IIB membranes

Authors
Aldabe, F Larsen, AL
Citation
F. Aldabe et Al. Larsen, The SO(32) heterotic and type IIB membranes, J HIGH EN P, (11), 1999, pp. NIL_12-K8
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10298479 → ACNP
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
NIL_12 - K8
Database
ISI
SICI code
1029-8479(19990212):11<NIL_12:TSHATI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A two dimensional anomaly cancellation argument is used to construct the SO (32) heterotic and type IIB membranes. By imposing different boundary condi tions at the two boundaries of a membrane, we shift all of the two dimensio nal anomaly to one of the boundaries. The topology of these membranes is th at of a 2-dimensional cone propagating in 11-dimensional Minkowski space. D imensional reduction of these membranes yields the SO(32) heterotic and typ e IIB strings.