Topological Membrane Solitons and Loop Orders of Membrane Scatterings in M-theory
| dc.creator | Liu, Chien-Hao | |
| dc.date | 1996-10-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:32:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:32:35Z | |
| dc.description | Two topological issues on membranes in M-theory are studied: (1) Soliton is an important subject in M-theory. Under the framework of obstruction theory with the help from framed links in $S^3$, we give a complete enumeration of topological membrane solitons in a string-admissible target-space of the form a product of Minkowskian space-times, tori, and K3-surfaces. Patching of these solitons and their topological charges are also defined and discussed. (2) Loop order of membrane scatterings is the basis for a perturbative M-theory. We explore this concept with emphases on its distinct features from pointlike and stringlike particles. For completeness, a light exposition on homologies of compact oriented 3-manifolds is given in the Appendix. | |
| dc.description | 38 pages, 14 figures in .eps files | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610042 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610042 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/98943 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Topological Membrane Solitons and Loop Orders of Membrane Scatterings in M-theory | |
| dc.type | text |