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M-theory; D-branes; Fivebranes; Membranes; D = 11 supergravity; Supersymmetric solitons
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Overlapping Branes In M-Theory, Jerome Gauntlett, David Kastor, Jennie Traschen
Overlapping Branes In M-Theory, Jerome Gauntlett, David Kastor, Jennie Traschen
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We construct new supersymmetric solutions of D = 11 supergravity describing n orthogonally “overlapping” membranes and fivebranes for n = 2,…,8. Overlapping branes arise after separating intersecting branes in a direction transverse to all of the branes. The solutions, which generalize known intersecting brane solutions, preserve at least 2−n of the supersymmetry. Each pairwise overlap involves a membrane overlapping a membrane in a 0-brane, a fivebrane overlapping a fivebrane in a 3-brane or a membrane overlapping a fivebrane in a string. After reducing n overlapping membranes to obtain n overlapping D-2-branes in D = 10, T-duality generates new overlapping D-brane …