Published November 15, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Monopoles and instantons in string theory

Creators

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Texas A ampersand M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)

Description

In recent work, several classes of solitonic solutions of string theory with higher-membrane structure have been obtained. These solutions can be classified according to the symmetry possessed by the solitons in the subspace of the spacetime transverse to the membrane. Solitons with four-dimensional spherical symmetry represent instanton solutions in string theory, while those with three-dimensional spherical symmetry represent magnetic-monopole--type solutions. For both of these classes, we discuss bosonic as well as heterotic solutions

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 4526-4532.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ