Brane Surgery

Abstract

Some aspects of the role of p-branes in non-perturbative superstring theory and M-theory are reviewed. It is then shown how the Chern-Simons terms in D=10 and D=11 supergravity theories determine which branes can end on which, i.e. the `brane boundary rules'.

Minor corrections. Now in Latex. Needs espcrc2.sty macro. 13 pp. To appear in Proceedings of the European Research Conference on `Advanced Quantum Field Theory' held in memory of Claude Itzykson, La lonnde les Maures, France, Sept. 1996

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