nLab brane intersection

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Idea

intersection of branes in string theory

Examples

brane intersections/bound states/wrapped branes/polarized branes

S-duality\,bound states:

intersecting\,M-branes:

More:

M5-brane with KK-monopole:

(5|M5,KK)={x 0 x 5 x 6 x 7 x 8 x 9 x 0 A 1 A 2 A 3 z x 5 x 6 x 7 x 8 x 9 x 10 (5\vert M5, KK) = \left\{ \array{ x_0 & - & - & - & - & x_5 & x_6 & x_7 & x_8 & x_9 & - \\ x_0 & A_1 & A_2 & A_3 & z & x_5 & x_6 & x_7 & x_8 & x_9 & x_{10} } \right.

(BREJS 97 (14))

For more see at Half NS5-branes


D4-branes ending on D6-branes from M5-branes in MK6-branes:

Hashimoto 98, see also Smith 02 (245)

brane intersections/bound states/wrapped branes/polarized branes

S-duality\,bound states:

intersecting\,M-branes:

References

General

For M-branes:

Brane webs

Intersections of branes of equal dimension may form regular patterns known as brane webs. This applies notably in type IIB string theory where (p,q)-strings may form “string webs” (references below) and (p,q)5-branes may form “5-brane webs” (references further below)

General

  • Oleg Lunin, Brane webs and 1/4-BPS geometries, JHEP09 (2008) (arXiv:0802.0735)

String webs

Via tropical geometry:

  • Koushik Ray, String networks as tropical curves, JHEP 0809:098, 2008 (arXiv:0804.1870)

The lift to 11d supergravity/M-theory via membrane triple junctions is discussed in

  • Morten Krogh, Sangmin Lee, String Network from M-theory, Nucl. Phys. B516:241-254, 1998 (arXiv:hep-th/9712050)

  • P. Ramadevi, Supergravity Solution for Three-String Junction in M-Theory, JHEP 0006 (2000) 005 (arXiv:hep-th/9906247)

5-brane webs

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