The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes

Details The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes

2001-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0112137v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

Contribution to the proceedings of the 10th Tohwa International Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, July 3-7, 2001. 12 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1454370

The fact that both the D6-brane and the orientifold 6-plane have smooth, horizon-free descriptions in M-theory makes them especially useful in understanding certain aspects of brane physics. We briefly review how this connection has been used to understand a number of effects, several of which are associated with the Hanany-Witten transition. One particular outcome is a "confinement mod 2" effect for zero-branes in the background of a single D8-brane. We also discuss an interesting puzzle associated with flux-expulsion from D6-branes in this context. Finally, we discuss the promise of using a similar M-theoretic description of the orientifold 6-plane to understand the consistency of stringy negative energy objects with the 2nd law of black hole thermodynamics.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Past, puzzles, and promise of 6-branes will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-261643