Skip to content

RDLNetworkEcosystem

Sign in Get started

© 2026 Raw Data Library. All rights reserved.

About FAQ Privacy Terms Contact

Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold — Edward Witten (1996) | RDL Network

Home
Publications
Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold

Shared by

Institute for Advanced Study

Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold

Nuclear Physics B 463(2-3): 383-397

Article 1996 English

Authors

Edward Witten
Institute For Advanced Study

Abstract

1 min read

We relate Type IIB superstrings compactified to six dimensions on K3 to an eleven-dimensional theory compactified on (S1)5/ Z 2. Eleven-dimensional five-branes enter the story in an interesting way.

Discussion(0)

Sign in to like and join the discussion.

No comments yet. Be the first to comment.

Publication Info

DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00032-6
Year: 1996
Published: —
Language: English

Article Details

Journal Name: Nuclear Physics B
Volume: 463
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 383-397
Link Of The Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(96)00032-6

Timeline

Created:June 19, 2026

Related publications

Heterotic and Type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions

Petr Hořava, Edward Witten

Nuclear Physics B

Evidence for heterotic/heterotic duality

M. J. Duff, Ruben Minasian, Edward Witten

Nuclear Physics B

Bound states of strings and p-branes

Nuclear Physics B

Type IIB superstrings, BPS monopoles, and three-dimensional gauge dynamics

Amihay Hanany, Edward Witten

Nuclear Physics B

Five-brane effective action in M-theory

Journal of Geometry and Physics