Worldvolume uncertainty relations for D-branes

Chong-Sun Chu, Pei-Ming Ho, Yeong-Chuan Kao
1999 Physical Review D, Particles and fields  
By quantizing an open string ending on a D-brane in a nontrivial supergravity background, we argue that there is a new kind of uncertainty relation on a D-brane worldvolume. Furthermore, we fix the form of the uncertainty relations and their dependence on the string coupling constant by requiring them to be consistent with various string theory and M theory dualities. In this way we find a web of uncertainties of spacetime for all kinds of brane probes, including fundamental strings, D-branes
more » ... all dimensions as well as M theory membranes and fivebranes.
doi:10.1103/physrevd.60.126003 fatcat:r34v7yvqhbagnfmi27i4pl3koy