Super-p-brane actions from interpolating dualisations

TL;DR

This paper reviews a method for constructing super-p-brane actions using dualisation and gauge invariance, applied to cases like (p,q)-5-branes in type-IIB string theory with S-duality covariance.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach to derive super-p-brane actions from dualisations guided by intersection rules, emphasizing kappa-symmetry and gauge invariance.

Findings

Successfully applied to (p,q)-5-branes in type-IIB string theory

Achieved manifest S-duality covariance in the formulation

Provided a systematic method for constructing super-p-brane actions

Abstract

We review a recently proposed method for constructing super-p-brane world-volume actions. In this approach, starting from a democratic choice of world-volume gauge-fields guided by p-brane intersection rules, the requirements of kappa-symmetry and gauge invariance can be used to determine the corresponding action. We discuss the application of the method to some cases of interest, notably the (p,q)-5-branes of type-IIB string theory in a manifestly S-duality covariant formulation.