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Harmonic superpositions of M-branes

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We present solutions describing supersymmetric configurations of 2 or 3 orthogonally intersecting 2-branes and 5-branes of D=11 supergravity. The configurations which preserve 1/4 or 1/8 of maximal supersymmetry are 2+2, 5+5, 2+5, 2+2+2, 5+5+5, 2+2+5 and 2+5+5 (2+2 stands for orthogonal intersection of two 2-branes over a point, etc.; p-branes of the same type intersect over (p-2)-branes). There exists a simple rule which governs the construction of composite supersymmetric p-brane solutions in D=10 and 11 with a separate harmonic function assigned to each constituent 1/2-supersymmetric p-brane. The resulting picture of intersecting p-brane solutions complements their D-brane interpretation in D=10 and seems to support possible existence of a D=11 analogue of D-brane description. The D=11 solution describing intersecting 2-brane and 5-brane reduces in D=10 to a type II string solution corresponding to a fundamental string lying within a solitonic 5-brane (which further reduces to an extremal D=5 black hole). We also discuss a particular D=11 embedding of the extremal D=4 dyonic black hole solution with finite area of horizon.

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Uni-vector deformations, D0-bound states and DLCQ

hep-th · 2026-04-13 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Uni-vector deformations in Type IIA map D0 backgrounds to themselves and generate F1-D0 and D2-D0 bound states while relating to DLCQ of M-theory.

Branes

hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · novelty 0.0

A review of branes in string theory covering their multiple descriptions and interaction phenomena.

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  • Couch-Torrence conformal inversion, supersymmetry and conserved charges for D3-branes hep-th · 2026-04-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 28

    Couch-Torrence inversion matches Newman-Penrose charges at null infinity to Aretakis charges near horizons for D3-branes in D=10 and bound states in D=4,5, with supersymmetry mapping scalar charges to spinorial dilatino charges.

  • Wilson loop in AdS$_3 \times S^3 \times T^4$ from quantum M2 brane hep-th · 2026-03-26 · accept · none · ref 23 · internal anchor

    The 1-loop M2-brane correction to the AdS2 imes S1 Wilson-loop partition function in AdS3 imes S3 imes T5 is exactly κ/√(2π) with no subleading 1/κ series.

  • Uni-vector deformations, D0-bound states and DLCQ hep-th · 2026-04-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 27

    Uni-vector deformations in Type IIA map D0 backgrounds to themselves and generate F1-D0 and D2-D0 bound states while relating to DLCQ of M-theory.

  • Branes hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 49

    A review of branes in string theory covering their multiple descriptions and interaction phenomena.