2004/10/09 by Moataz H. Emam, Emam, Moataz H.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0410100
Ph.D dissertation, 153 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2004/10/09 · openalex publication_date 2004/10/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Close studies of the solitonic solutions of D=11 N=1 supergravity theory provide a deeper understanding of the elusive M-theory and constitute steps towards its final formulation. In this work, we propose the use of calibration techniques to find localized intersecting brane solutions of the theory. We test this hypothesis by considering Kahler and special Lagrangian calibrations. We also discuss the interpretation of some of these results as branes wrapped or reduced over supersymmetric cycles of Calabi-Yau manifolds and we find the corresponding solutions in D=5 N=2 supergravity.