A Note on brane tension and M theory

Jun, 1996
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 388 (1996) 291-295
e-Print:
Report number:
  • COLO-HEP-371

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Abstract:
We point out that some M-theory results for brane tension can be derived from Polchinski's formula for D-brane tension. We also argue that this formula determines gravitational and gauge couplings in the low energy but quantum exact effective action.
Note:
  • 8 pages, Latex Report-no: COLO-HEP-371
  • membrane model: p-brane
  • p-brane: surface tension
  • M-theory
  • effective action