Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-07-07
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Some typos, and typographical problems, of previous revised version corrected. 15 pp. Latex. This paper will appear in the pro
Scientific paper
The ten or eleven dimensional origin of central charges in the N=4 or N=8 supersymmetry algebra in four dimensions is reviewed: while some have a standard Kaluza-Klein interpretation as momenta in compact dimensions, most arise from $p$-form charges in the higher-dimensional supersymmetry algebra that are carried by $p$-brane `solitons'. Although $p=1$ is singled out by superstring perturbation theory, U-duality of N=8 superstring compactifications implies a complete `$p$-brane democracy' of the full non-perturbative theory. An `optimally democratic' perturbation theory is defined to be one in which the perturbative spectrum includes all particles with zero magnetic charge. Whereas the heterotic string is optimally democratic in this sense, the type II superstrings are not, although the 11-dimensional supermembrane might be.
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