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Dirac Quantisation Conditions and Kaluza‐Klein Reduction
Author(s) -
Bremer Marcus S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(199901)47:1/3<117::aid-prop117>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - kaluza–klein theory , dirac (video compression format) , dimensional reduction , brane , supergravity , physics , reduction (mathematics) , mathematical physics , brane cosmology , consistency (knowledge bases) , dirac equation , theoretical physics , particle physics , supersymmetry , mathematics , geometry , neutrino
We present the form of the Dirac quantisation condition for the p ‐form charges carried by p ‐brane solutions of supergravity theories. This condition agrees precisely with the conditions obtained in lower dimensions, as is necessary for consistency with Kaluza‐Klein dimensional reduction. We also comment on the relation between so‐called ‘Dirac insensitive’ p ‐brane configurations and supersymmetric intersecting p‐branes.