Fluxbranes in String Theory

Abstract

A flux p-brane in D dimensions has (p+1)-dimensional Poincare invariance and a nonzero rank (D-p-1) field strength tangent to the transverse dimensions. We find a family of such solutions in string theory and M-theory and investigate their properties.

29 pages, harvmac(b), no figures

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• Closed String Tachyons, AdS/CFT, and Large N QCD
• Gravitating Fluxbranes

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