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Brane actions with chiral bosons present special challenges. Recent progress in the description of the two main examples — the M theory five-brane and the heterotic string — is described. Also, double dimensional reduction of the M theory five-brane on K3 is shown to give the heterotic string.
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Schwarz, J.H. (1998). The M theory five-brane and the heterotic string. 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/BFb0105232
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