Theory of Membranes

Jun, 1982
26 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 215 (1983) 381-406
  • Published: 1983
Report number:
  • EFI-82-21-CHICAGO

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Two different descriptions of membrane dynamics are proposed. One is given by a lagrangian L ∝√( ∂ μ φ ) 2 with single scalar field φ ( x ). The other is described by four-component scalar fields in the three-dimensional background gravitational field with cosmological term. Classical solutions and methods for evaluating the N -point function of membrane scattering are studied in these models. A functional equation satisfied by a variable describing membrane excitation is studied in gauge theories. The equation gives that of a quantized membrane theory under an assumption of abelian-like monopole condensation.
  • field theory: scalar
  • MODEL: STRING
  • GRAVITATION
  • N-POINT FUNCTION
  • MAGNETIC MONOPOLE: CONDENSATION
  • RADIATIVE CORRECTION
  • HYDRODYNAMICS
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: NONABELIAN