The self-dual string soliton

P. S. Howe*, N. D. Lambert, P. C. West

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Abstract

We obtain a BPS soliton of the M-theory fivebrane's equations of motion representing a supersymmetric self-dual string. The resulting solution is then dimensionally reduced and used to obtain 0-brane and (p - 3)-brane solitons on Dp-branes,

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)203-216
Number of pages14
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume515
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 1998

Keywords

  • Fivebrane
  • Self-dual
  • Soliton

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