Non-supersymmetric heterotic branes

Abstract

The common statement that any consistent quantum gravity theory contains dynamical objects with all possible charges suggests that there are still a number of hitherto-unidentified branes in string theory. Here we give the exact worldsheet description of near-horizon limits of non-supersymmetric $p$-branes in ten-dimensional $\mathrm{Spin}(32)/{\mathbb{Z}}_2$ or $(E_8\times E_8)⋊{\mathbb{Z}}_2$ heterotic superstring theories for $p=7,6,4,0$.

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