1997/05/28 by Bernard de Wit, Kasper Peeters, Jan Plefka
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Bound state #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauge (firearms) #Geometry #Mass spectrum #Materials science #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Spectrum (functional analysis) #Theoretical physics #Winding number #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00867-8
published as Phys.Lett. B409 (1997) 117-123 · 10 pages, LaTeX2e
arxiv created 1997/05/28 · openalex publication_date 1997/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study supermembranes in the light-cone gauge in eleven flat dimensions with compact directions. The membrane states are subject to only the central charges associated with closed two-branes, which, in this case, are generated by the winding itself. We present arguments why this winding leaves the mass spectrum continuous. The lower bound on the mass spectrum is set by the winding number and corresponds to a BPS state.