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A T ‐duality approach to the gravitational wave and the Kaluza‐Klein monopole
Author(s) -
Janssen Bert
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<201::aid-prop201>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - magnetic monopole , heterotic string theory , kaluza–klein theory , physics , string (physics) , duality (order theory) , action (physics) , theoretical physics , dual (grammatical number) , gravitation , mathematical physics , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , philosophy , pure mathematics , linguistics
We present a world volume action for the gravitational wave and the (bosonic) N = 1 Heterotic Kaluza‐Klein monopole solution. In the construction of the action we make use of the fact that the wave and the Kaluza‐Klein monopole are T ‐dual to the fundamental string and the solitonic five‐brane, and we present an alternative way to derive the T ‐duality rules for non‐string‐like objects.