D-brane
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thumb|alt=D3-brane & D2-brane|D3-brane & D2-brane In string theory, D-branes, short for Dirichlet membrane, are a class of extended objects upon which open strings can end with Dirichlet boundary conditions, after which they are named. D-branes are typically classified by their spatial dimension, which is indicated by a number written after the D. A D0-brane is a single point, a D1-brane is a line (sometimes called a "D-string"), a D2-brane is a plane, and a D25-brane fills the highest-dimensional space considered in bosonic string theory. There are also instantonic D(−1)-branes, which are lo
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Theoretical background
- Braneworld cosmology
- D-brane scattering
- Gauge theories
- Black holes
- History
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|alt=D3-brane & D2-brane|D3-brane & D2-brane In string theory, D-branes, short for Dirichlet membrane, are a class of extended objects upon which open strings can end with Dirichlet boundary conditions, after which they are named. D-branes are typically classified by their spatial dimension, which is indicated by a number written after the D. A D0-brane is a single point, a D1-brane is a line (sometimes called a "D-string"), a D2-brane is a plane, and a D25-brane fills the highest-dimensional space considered in bosonic string theory. There are also instantonic D(−1)-branes, which are localized in both space and time.
== Discovery == D-branes were proposed by Jin Dai, Robert Leigh, and Joseph Polchinski, and independently by Petr Hořava, in 1989. In 1995, Polchinski identified D-branes with black p-brane solutions of supergravity, a discovery that triggered the second superstring revolution and led to both holographic and M-theory dualities.
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