D0-brane is a single point, a D1-brane is a line (sometimes called a "D-string"), a D2-brane is a plane, and a D25-brane fills the highest-dimensional space...
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Look up brane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In string theory and related theories (such as supergravity theories), a brane is a physical object that...
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Brane cosmology refers to several theories in particle physics and cosmology related to string theory, superstring theory and M-theory. The central idea...
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In general relativity, a black brane is a solution of the Einstein field equations that generalizes a black hole solution but it is also extended—and...
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In string theory, an S-brane is a hypothetical and controversial counterpart of the D-brane, which is localized in time. Depending on the context the "S"...
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Superstring theory (section D-branes)
I open string theory, the ends of open strings are always attached to D-brane surfaces. A string theory with more gauge fields such as SU(2) gauge fields...
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is one with no such arrow on it. Cosmic strings Elementary particle Brane D-brane Polchinski, Joseph Gerard (2004). String theory. Vol. 1: An introduction...
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is large but we are confined to a small subset on which it intersects a D-brane. Further extensions into higher dimensions are currently being explored...
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D-brane. The letter "D" in D-brane refers to a certain mathematical condition on the system known as the Dirichlet boundary condition. The study of D-branes...
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In theoretical physics, an M2-brane, is a spatially extended mathematical object (brane) that appears in string theory and in related theories (e.g. M-theory...
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