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Interactions of strings and D-branes from M theory

Ofer Aharony, Jacob Sonnenschein, Shimon Yankielowicz

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9603009

Abstract

We discuss the relation between M theory and type II string theories. We show that, assuming ``natural'' interactions between membranes and fivebranes in M theory, the known interactions between strings and D-branes in type II string theories arise in appropriate limits. Our discussion of the interactions is purely at the classical level. We remark on issues associated with the M theory approach to enhanced gauge symmetries, which deserve further investigation.

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