Volkov-Akulov theory and D-branes
arXiv:hep-th/9705118 · doi:10.1007/BFb0105228
Abstract
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.
10 pages, Latex, Contribution to Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory, International Seminar dedicated to the memory of D. V. Volkov (Kharkov, 1997)