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Open M5-branes

Eric A. Bergshoeff, Gary W. Gibbons, Paul K. Townsend

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0607193

Abstract

We show how, in heterotic M-theory, an M5-brane in the 11-dimensional bulk may end on an ``M9-brane'' boundary, the M5-brane boundary being a Yang monopole 4-brane. This possibility suggests various novel 5-brane configurations of heterotic M-theory, in particular a static M5-brane suspended between the two M9-brane boundaries, for which we find the asymptotic heterotic supergravity solution.

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