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M-theory origin of type IIA D-branes

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D0-branes are circle momentum states, D2-branes are unwrapped M2-branes, D4-branes are circle-wrapped M5-branes, and D6-branes arise from Kaluza-Klein monopoles with the M-circle as fibre. Wrapped M2-branes give fundamental strings, and unwrapped M5-branes give NS5-branes. The D8-brane is a source for Romans mass and is outside this ordinary massless-circle dictionary. Tension matching uses R11​=gs​ℓs​ and ℓp3​=gs​ℓs3​.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2001 / iii / Paper 66 / 3 / Solution

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