Intersection Rules for p-Branes

Details Intersection Rules for p-Branes Intersection Rules for p-Branes

1997-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9701042v2

Phys.Lett.B398:61-68,1997

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

15 pages, LaTeX, no figures. One reference modified; to appear in Phys. Lett. B

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00205-0

We present a general rule determining how extremal branes can interesect in a configuration with zero binding energy. The rule is derived in a model independent way and in arbitrary spacetime dimensions $D$ by solving the equations of motion of gravity coupled to a dilaton and several different $n$-form field strengths. The intersection rules are all compatible with supersymmetry, although derived without using it. We then specialize to the branes occurring in type II string theories and in M-theory. We show that the intersection rules are consistent with the picture that open branes can have boundaries on some other branes. In particular, all the D-branes of dimension $q$, with $1\leq q \leq6$, can have boundaries on the solitonic 5-brane.

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