Worldbrane actions for string solitons

Curtis Gove Callan; Jeffrey A. Harvey; Andrew Strominger

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(91)90041-U

Worldbrane actions for string solitons

Curtis Gove Callan
, Jeffrey A. Harvey
, Andrew Strominger

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The space-time dynamics of recently discovered fivebrane solitons in heterotic and type II string theories are described in terms of supersymmetric low-energy field theories which live on the (5+1)-dimensional soliton worldbranes. Several surprising features emerge, including: the (hitherto unsuspected) existence of both chiral and non-chiral type II five-branes; spin-one gauge as well as anti-self-dual tensor zero modes; extended supersymmetry on the worldbrane. Non-renormalization theorems for supersymmetric worldbrane actions are used to argue that gauge fivebrane (and instanton) solutions to the leading-order low-energy string equation of motion correspond to exact supersymmetric solutions of the full string equation of motion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	60-82
Number of pages	23
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	367
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(91)90041-U
State	Published - Dec 16 1991

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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