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NS5-brane (TNS5​=(2π)5gs2​α′31​)

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An NS5-brane has five spatial dimensions and is magnetically charged under the Neveu–Schwarz two-form. Its string-frame brane tension scales as gs−2​.

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An NS5-brane, or Neveu-Schwarz five-brane, is a type of extended object in string theory. Branes, which are short for "membranes," can exist in various dimensions, and they play a crucial role in the framework of string theory, particularly in understanding non-perturbative aspects of the theory.
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