Aspects of Born-Infeld theory and string / M theory
Jun, 200129 pages
Part of Gravitation and mathematical physics. Proceedings, 4th Mexican School, Membranes 2000, Bahias de Huatulco, Mexico, December 3-8, 2000, 324-350, New developments in fundamental interaction theories. Proceedings, 37th Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Karpacz, Poland, February 6-15, 2001, 324-350
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- Rev.Mex.Fis. 49S1 (2003) 19-29,
- AIP Conf.Proc. 589 (2001) 1, 324-350
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- Published: Feb 13, 2002
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- hep-th/0106059 [hep-th]
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- DAMTP-2001-54
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Abstract:
These notes provide a hopefully pedagogic introduction to Born-Infeld theory and some of its uses in String/M-Theory from the perspective of some-one interested in spacetime geometry. Causality and the consequences of having both the open string and closed string metric are stressed. This leads to some new insighst into old problems, such as strings at finite temperature. Various strong coupling limits of both Born-Infeld and the M5-brane theories are described and their relevance for tachyon condensations are mentioned.- lectures: Karpacz 2001/02/06
- lectures: Huatulco 2000/12/03
- Born-Infeld model
- string model
- M-theory
- causality
- energy
- membrane model: D-brane
- temperature: Hagedorn
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