Published July 13, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

D-brane solutions in a light-like linear dilaton background

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita and INFN Sezione di Genova, 'Genova', Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita and INFN Sezione di Genova, 'Genova', Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy) and Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781 039 (India)

Description

The light-like linear dilaton background presents a simple time dependent solution of type II supergravity equations of motion that preserves 1/2 supersymmetry in ten dimensions. We construct supergravity D-brane solutions in a linear dilaton background starting from the known intersecting brane solutions in string theory. By applying a Penrose limit on the intersecting (NS1-NS5-NS5')-brane solution, we find out a D5-brane in a linear dilaton background. We solve the Killing spinor equations for the brane solutions explicitly, and show that they preserve 1/4 supersymmetry. We also find a M5-brane solution in eleven-dimensional supergravity

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.05.071;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0604172v2;
PII
S0370-2693(06)00676-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
638
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 362-366
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.