Multimembrane solutions of D = 11 supergravity
M.J. Duff (Texas A-M), K.S. Stelle (Imperial Coll., London)

Aug 1990 - 6 pages

  • Phys.Lett. B253 (1991) 113-118
    In *Duff, M.J. (ed.): The world in eleven dimensions* 110-115
  • (1991)
  • DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)91371-2
  • CTP-TAMU-72-90, IMPERIAL-TP-89-90-34

Abstract (Elsevier)
We find exact solutions to the field equations of eleven-dimensional supergravity corresponding to stable multi-membrane configurations. Their holonomy group is given by the SO(8) subgroup of an enlarged tangent space group SO(1, 2)×SO(16), and hence one half of the spacetime supersymmetries are broken. The solutions saturate a Bogomol'nyi bound between the mass per unit area and the Page charge, which also guarantees their stability.


Keyword(s): INSPIRE: supergravity | dimension: 11 | field equations: solution | membrane model | stability | symmetry
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