1997/06/26 by John H. Schwarz, Schwarz, John H.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Differential Equations and Boundary Problems #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9706197
22 pages, latex, no figures; lecture presented at the APCPT--ICTP Joint International Conference '97 (AIJIC97). This is an extended version of hep-th/9705092
arxiv created 1997/06/26 · openalex publication_date 1997/06/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
BPS saturated p-branes play an important role in recent progress in understanding superstring theory and M theory. One approach to understanding the dynamics of p-branes is to formulate an effective (p+1)-dimensional world-volume theory. The construction of such brane actions involves a number of interesting issues. One such issue is how to formulate the action for theories that contain chiral bosons. The two main examples, which are the M theory five-brane and the heterotic string, are described in this lecture. Also, double dimensional reduction of the M theory five-brane on K3 is shown to give the heterotic string.