Sine-Gordon Solitons as Heterotic Fivebranes

TL;DR

This paper explores how sine-Gordon solitons can serve as sources for heterotic fivebrane solutions in string theory, potentially manifesting as string-like objects in four dimensions after compactification.

Contribution

It introduces a novel use of sine-Gordon solitons as sources for heterotic fivebranes in ten-dimensional string theory.

Findings

Sine-Gordon solitons can act as sources for heterotic fivebranes.

Properties of these soliton solutions are analyzed.

Potential emergence as string-like objects in 4D after compactification.

Abstract

The Euclidean analogues of the sine-Gordon solitons are used as sources of the heterotic fivebrane solutions in the ten-dimensional heterotic string theory. Some properties of these soliton solutions are discussed. These solitons in principle can appear as string-like objects in 4-dimensional space-time after proper compactifications.