Vacua of M-theory and N=2 strings
arXiv:hep-th/9603116 · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(96)00303-3
Abstract
String and membrane dynamics may be unified into a theory of 2+2 dimensional self-dual world-volumes living in a 10+2 dimensional target space. Some of the vacua of this M-theory are described by the N=(2,1) heterotic string, whose target space theory describes the world-volume dynamics of 2+2 dimensional `M-branes'. All classes of string and membrane theories are realized as particular vacua of the N=(2,1) string: Type IIA/B strings and supermembranes arise in the standard moduli space of toroidal compactifications, while type and heterotic strings arise from a orbifold of the N=2 algebra. Yet another vacuum describes M-theory on a orientifold, the type I string on , and the six-dimensional self-dual string. We find that open membranes carry `Chan-Paton fields' on their boundaries, providing a common origin for gauge symmetries in M-theory. The world-volume interactions of M-brane fluctuations agree with those of Born-Infeld effective dynamics of the Dirichlet two-brane in the presence of a non-vanishing electromagnetic field on the brane.
31 pages, harvmac; two figures
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