Brane-wave Duality
Abstract
Description
The quantum mechanical transition between a free particle Lagrangian and the Klein Gordon field description of a free particle (particle wave duality) is conjectured to extend to an analogous construction of relativistically invariant wave equations associated with strings and branes, which we propose to call brane-wave duality. Electromagnetic interactions in the two systems are discussed. It is emphasised that all integrable free field theories, including those of Dirac-Born-Infeld type, are associated with Lagrangians equivalent to divergences on the space of solutions of the equations of motion.
14 pages, latex, no figures. Clarification of the type of Lagrangians used; references added
14 pages, latex, no figures. Clarification of the type of Lagrangians used; references added