Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1993-05-06
Class.Quant.Grav.10:1217-1248,1993
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
35 pages, PHYZZX, UTS-DFT-92-5
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/10/7/004
In this paper we show that a relativistic membrane admits an equivalent representation in terms of the Kalb-Ramond gauge field $F_{\mu\nu\rho}=\partial_{\,[\,\mu}B_{\nu\rho]}$ encountered in string theory. By `` equivalence '' we mean the following: if $x=X(\xi)$ is a solution of the classical equations of motion derived from the Dirac-Nambu-Goto action, then it is always possible to find a differential form of {\it rank three}, satisfying Maxwell-type equations. The converse proposition is also true. In the first part of the paper, we show that a relativistic membrane, regarded as a mechanical system, admits a Hamilton-Jacobi formulation in which the H-J function describing a family of classical membrane histories is given by $\displaystyle{F=dB=dS^1\wedge dS^2\wedge dS^3}$. In the second part of the paper, we introduce a {\it new} lagrangian of the Kalb-Ramond type which provides a {\it first order} formulation for both open and closed membranes. Finally, for completeness, we show that such a correspondence can be established in the very general case of a p-brane coupled to gravity in a spacetime of arbitrary dimensionality.
Aurilia Antonio
Spallucci Euro
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