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Recently we have seen great increases in the understanding of non-perturbative string theory in terms of the eleven dimensional M-theory structure [1, 2]. This understanding has been greatly enhanced by the realisation that many problems may be solved by the introduction of a signature (10,2) ‘F-theory’ [3]. To investigate this proposal further we discuss the formulation of a Green-Schwarz threebrane in twelve dimensions [4].
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Hewson, S.F. (1999). Threebranes in Twelve Dimensions. In: Baulieu, L., Di Francesco, P., Douglas, M., Kazakov, V., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Strings, Branes and Dualities. NATO ASI Series, vol 520. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4730-9_25
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