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arxiv: hep-th/9705092 · v1 · pith:JX72HDE7new · submitted 1997-05-13 · ✦ hep-th

The M Theory Five-Brane and the Heterotic String

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keywords five-braneheteroticstringtheoryactionsbosonsbranechallenges
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Brane actions with chiral bosons present special challenges. Recent progress in the description of the two main examples -- the M theory five-brane and the heterotic string -- is described. Also, double dimensional reduction of the M theory five-brane on K3 is shown to give the heterotic string.

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