Superembedding approach to Dp-branes, M-branes and multiple D(0)-brane systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews the superembedding approach to M-branes and Dp-branes, highlighting its application in formulating supersymmetric, Lorentz covariant descriptions of multiple Dp-brane systems and explaining the dielectric effect.

Contribution

It introduces a universal superembedding equation applicable to various branes and applies it to derive the multiple D0-brane equations, elucidating the dielectric effect.

Findings

Derived multiple D0-brane equations from superembedding

Connected superembedding description with dielectric effect

Compared superembedding approach with boundary fermion method

Abstract

We review the superembedding approach to M-branes and Dp-branes, in its form based on the universal (D and p-independent) superembedding equation, and its recent application in searching for supersymmetric and Lorentz covariant description of multiple Dp-brane systems. In particular, we present the structure of the multiple D0-brane equation as follows from our superembedding description and show that it describes the dielectric effect firstly noticed by Emparan and then by Myers. We also discuss briefly the relation with the boundary fermion approach by Howe, Lindstrom and Wulff.