1996/05/21 by M. B. Green, M.B. Green, N. D. Lambert +4 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Duality (order theory) #Dyon #Heterotic string theory #Interpretation (philosophy) #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #Spacetime #String (physics) #Superstring theory #Supersymmetry #Topological Materials and Phenomena #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)00785-x
published as Phys.Lett.B384:86-92,1996 · 16 pp. phyzzx. 1 fig
arxiv created 1996/05/21 · openalex publication_date 1996/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The `electromagnetic' Sl(2;\bZ) duality group in spacetime dimension D=4k can be given a Kaluza-Klein interpretation in D=4k+2 as the modular group of a compactifying torus. We show how dyonic 2(k-1)-branes in D=4k can be interpreted as self-dual (2k-1)-branes in D=4k+2 wound around the homology cycles of the torus. In particular, dyons of the D=4 N=4 heterotic string theory are interpreted as winding modes of a D=6 self-dual string, while D=8 dyonic membranes are interpreted as wound 3-branes of D=10 IIB superstring theory. We also discuss the T-dual IIA interpretations of D=8 dyonic membranes.