One dimensional M5-brane intersections

Journal Article · Sun May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.106003· OSTI ID:20709323

Fayyazuddin, Ansar ^[1]; Husain, Tasneem Zehra ^[2]; Jatkar, Dileep P ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Box 6730, S-113 85 Stockholm (Sweden)
3. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

We study one-dimensional intersections of M5 branes with M5 and M2 branes. On the worldvolume of the M5-brane, such an intersection appears as a string soliton. We study this worldvolume theory in two different regimes: (1) Where the world-volume theory is formulated in flat space and (2) where the world-volume theory is studied in the supergravity background produced by a stack of M5 (or M2) branes. In both cases, we study the corresponding string solitons, and find the most general BPS configuration consistent with the fraction of supersymmetries preserved. We argue that M5 and M2 brane intersections leave different imprints on the world-volume theory of the intersecting probe brane, although geometrically they appear to be similar.

• OSTI ID: 20709323
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 71; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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