BPS-saturated bound states of tilted p-branes in type II string theory

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1188· OSTI ID:548791

Behrndt, K ^[1]; Cvetic, M ^[2]

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1. Humboldt-Universitaet, Institut fuer Physik, Invalidenstrasse 110, 10115 Berlin (Germany)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396 (United States)

We find BPS-saturated solutions of M theory and type II string theory which correspond to (nonmarginally) bound states of p-branes intersecting at angles different from {pi}/2. These solutions are obtained by starting with a BPS marginally bound (orthogonally) intersecting configurations of two p-branes (e.g., two four-branes of type II string theory), performing a boost transformation at an angle with respect to the world volume of the configuration, performing T-duality transformation along the boost direction, S-duality transformation, and T transformations along the direction perpendicular to the boost transformation. The resulting configuration is a nonmarginally bound BPS-saturated solution whose {ital static metric} possesses the off-diagonal term which {ital cannot} be removed by a coordinate transformation, and thus signifies an angle (different from {pi}/2) between the resulting intersecting p-branes. Additional new p-branes are bound to this configuration, in order to ensure the stability of such a static, tilted configuration. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 548791
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 56; ISSN 0556-2821; ISSN PRVDAQ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOUND STATE
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