NS5-brane

String theory

Fundamental objects
String Brane D-brane
Perturbative theory
Bosonic Superstring Type I Type II (IIA / IIB) Heterotic (SO(32) · E₈×E₈)
Non-perturbative results
S-duality T-duality M-theory AdS/CFT correspondence
Phenomenology
Phenomenology Cosmology Landscape
Mathematics
Mirror symmetry Monstrous moonshine
Related concepts Conformal field theory Holographic principle Kaluza–Klein theory Quantum gravity Supergravity Supersymmetry Theory of everything Twistor string theory
Theorists Arkani-Hamed Banks Dijkgraaf Duff Fischler Gates Gliozzi Green Greene Gross Gubser Harvey Hořava Kaku Klebanov Kontsevich Maldacena Mandelstam Martinec Minwalla Moore Motl Nekrasov Neveu Olive Polchinski Polyakov Randall Ramond Rohm Scherk Schwarz Seiberg Sen Shenker Sơn Strominger Sundrum Susskind 't Hooft Townsend Vafa Veneziano E. Verlinde H. Verlinde Witten Yau Zaslow
History Glossary

In theoretical physics of string theory, the NS5-brane is a five-dimensional p-brane that carries a magnetic charge under the B-field, the field under which the fundamental string is electrically charged.

References

David Tong (2002). "NS5-Branes, T-Duality and Worldsheet Instantons". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2002 (7): 013. arXiv:hep-th/0204186. Bibcode:2002JHEP...07..013T. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/013.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.