Born-Infeld action and Chern-Simons term from Kaluza-Klein monopole in M theory

Jun, 1997
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 414 (1997) 242-250
e-Print:
Report number:
  • KUNS-1457

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Abstract:
We investigate the zero modes of the Kaluza-Klein monopole in M-theory and show that the Born-Infeld action and the Chern-Simons term of a D6-brane are reproduced to quadratic order in the field strength of the U(1) field on the brane.
Note:
  • 11 pages, LaTeX Report-no: KUNS-1457
  • 11.25.-w
  • 11.25.Sq
  • String theory
  • M-theory
  • Gravitational instanton
  • field theory: M-theory
  • dimension: 11
  • membrane model: D-brane
  • membrane model: p-brane
  • p-brane: 6