Soliton supermultiplets and Kaluza-Klein theory |
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Authors: | G.W. Gibbons M.J. Perry |
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Affiliation: | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK;Department of Physics, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA |
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Abstract: | We show that the monopoles of five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory, considered as solutions of the N = 8 supergravity theory in five dimensions, fit into the same supermultiplets as the original fields in that theory. We show that there is an electric-magnetic duality between these magnetic monopoles and the electrically charged antigravitating objects anticipated by Scherk. We formulate a Bogomolny inequality for N = 8 supergravity, and we speculate on the wider significance of these monopoles. |
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