Spectrum-generating symmetries for BPS solitons
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Author(s)
Cremmer, E
Lu, H
Pope, CN
Stelle, KS
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We show that there exist non-linearly realised duality symmetries that are independent of the standard supergravity global symmetries, and which provide active spectrum-generating symmetries for the fundamental BPS solitons. The additional ingredient, in any space-time dimension, is a single scaling transformation that allows one to map between BPS solitons with different masses. Without the inclusion of this additional transformation, which is a symmetry of the classical equations of motion, but not the action, it is not possible to find a spectrum-generating symmetry. The necessity of including this scaling transformation highlights the vulnerability of duality multiplets to quantum anomalies. We argue that fundamental BPS solitons may be immune to this threat.
Date Issued
1998-06-01
Date Acceptance
1998-01-08
Citation
Nuclear Physics B, 1998, 520 (1-2), pp.132-156
ISSN
0550-3213
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
132
End Page
156
Journal / Book Title
Nuclear Physics B
Volume
520
Issue
1-2
Copyright Statement
© 1998 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
duality
scaling symmetry
membranes
BOUND-STATES
P-BRANES
D=10 SUPERGRAVITY
STRING THEORY
BLACK-HOLES
DUALITY
DIMENSIONS
N=2
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
1998-08-13