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eigenbrane

eigenbrane noun: an operator that, when applied to the boundary of a brane, produces that same brane tensored with a fixed vector space.

Noun

eigenbrane (plural eigenbranes)

  1. An operator that, when applied to the boundary of a brane, produces that same brane tensored with a fixed vector space.
    • In the physical description of this program D-modules enter in the description of eigenbranes of the magnetic 't Hooft operator in a reduction of 4-dimensional N = 4 gauge theory down to a 2- dimensional sigma model.2009, Lotte Hollands, Topological Strings and Quantum Curves, page 188

Forms of eigenbrane

pluraleigenbranes

Origin of eigenbrane

From eigen- + brane.

Questions about eigenbrane

What does eigenbrane mean?
Eigenbrane means an operator that, when applied to the boundary of a brane, produces that same brane tensored with a fixed vector space.
What part of speech is eigenbrane?
Eigenbrane is a noun.
What is the plural of eigenbrane?
The plural of eigenbrane is eigenbranes.

Words near eigenbrane in the dictionary

  1. eigenbivector
  2. eigenblade
  3. eigenbra
  4. eigenbrain
  5. eigenbrains
  6. eigenbrane
  7. eigenbranes
  8. eigenbras
  9. eigenbundle
  10. eigenbundles
  11. eigencentralities

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