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Dirac Quantisation Conditions and Kaluza-Klein Reduction

We present the form of the Dirac quantisation condition for the p-form charges carried by p-brane solutions of supergravity theories. This condition agrees precisely with the conditions obtained in lower dimensions, as is necessary for consistency with Kaluza-klein dimensional reduction. These consi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bremer, M.S., Lu, Hong, Pope, C.N., Stelle, K.S.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00369-1
http://cds.cern.ch/record/337533
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Sumario:We present the form of the Dirac quantisation condition for the p-form charges carried by p-brane solutions of supergravity theories. This condition agrees precisely with the conditions obtained in lower dimensions, as is necessary for consistency with Kaluza-klein dimensional reduction. These considerations also determine the charge lattice of BPS soliton states, which proves to be a universal modulus-independent lattice when the charges are defined to be the canonical charges corresponding to the quantum supergravity symmetry groups.