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Threebranes in Twelve Dimensions

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Strings, Branes and Dualities

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Recently we have seen great increases in the understanding of non-perturbative string theory in terms of the eleven dimensional M-theory structure [1, 2]. This understanding has been greatly enhanced by the realisation that many problems may be solved by the introduction of a signature (10,2) ‘F-theory’ [3]. To investigate this proposal further we discuss the formulation of a Green-Schwarz threebrane in twelve dimensions [4].

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  1. DAMTP, Cambridge University, Silver Street, CB3 9EW, England

    S. F. Hewson

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  1. CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

    Laurent Baulieu  & Marco Picco  & 

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Philippe Di Francesco

  3. Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

    Michael Douglas

  4. Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France

    Michael Douglas

  5. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), and École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

    Vladimir Kazakov

  6. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

    Paul Windey

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Hewson, S.F. (1999). Threebranes in Twelve Dimensions. In: Baulieu, L., Di Francesco, P., Douglas, M., Kazakov, V., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Strings, Branes and Dualities. NATO ASI Series, vol 520. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4730-9_25

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