Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold

Dec, 1995
15 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 463 (1996) 383-397
  • Published: Apr 21, 2014
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Report number:
  • IASSNS-HEP-96-01

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Abstract: (CRC Press)
We relate Type IIB superstrings compactified to six dimensions on K3 to an eleven-dimensional theory compactified on (SI)5/Z2. Eleven-dimensional five-branes enter the story in an interesting way.
Note:
  • 18 pages, harvmac Report-no: IASSNS-HEP-96-01
  • string model
  • compactification
  • dimension: 6
  • membrane model: p-brane
  • p-brane: 5
  • field theory: M-theory