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Generalized BIons in M-theory

arXiv:0911.4620 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.07.053

Abstract

In string theory, stacks of D1-branes can expand into intersecting D3-branes. These configurations are called (generalized) BIons. We show how the analogous constructions in M-theory, where M2-branes blow up into calibrated intersections of M5-branes, arise from some of the membrane theories.

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