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Volkov-akulov theory and D-branes

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The action of supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory (D-9-brane in a Lorentz covariant static gauge) has a geometric form of the Volkov-Akulov-type. The first non-linearly realized supersymmetry can be made manifest, the second world-volume supersymmetry is not manifest. We also study the analogous 2 supersymmetries of the quadratic action of the covariantly quantized D-0-brane. We show that the Hamiltonian and the BRST operator are build from these two supersymmetry generators.

This work is supported by the NSF grant PHY-9219345.

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  1. Physics Department, Stanford University, 94305-4060, Stanford, CA, USA

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Kallosh, R. (1998). Volkov-akulov theory and D-branes. In: Wess, J., Akulov, V.P. (eds) Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 509. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105228

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