Strings from Membranes and Fivebranes

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1996-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602153v1

Fortsch.Phys. 44 (1996) 565-572

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

12 pages, harvmac

Scientific paper

10.1002/prop.2190440609

Under the six-dimensional heterotic/type $IIA$ duality map, a solitonic membrane solution of heterotic string theory transforms into a singular solution of type $IIA$ theory, and should therefore be interpreted as a fundamental membrane in the latter theory. This finding pointed to a gap in the formulation of string theory that was subsequently filled by the discovery of the role of $D$-branes as the carriers of Ramond-Ramond charge in type $II$ string theory. The roles of compactified eleven-dimensional membranes and fivebranes in five-dimensional string theory are also discussed.

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