1995/08/31 by H. Lu, H. Lü, C. N. Pope +4 · 118 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Supersymmetry #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00524-4
published in Nuclear Physics B 456(3), 669-698 (Elsevier BV) · Latex file, 35 pages, 1 branescan (Some referencing adjustments, and minor wording changes.)
arxiv created 1995/10/12 · openalex publication_date 1995/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The elementary and solitonic supersymmetric p-brane solutions to supergravity theories form families related by dimensional reduction, each headed by a maximal (`stainless') member that cannot be isotropically dimensionally oxidized into higher dimensions. We find several new families, headed by stainless solutions in various dimensions D≤ 9. In some cases, these occur with dimensions (D,p) that coincide with those of descendants of known families, but since the new solutions are stainless, they are necessarily distinct. The new stainless supersymmetric solutions include a 6-brane and a 5-brane in D=9, a string in D=5, and particles in all dimensions 5≤ D≤ 9.