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We present a “kappa-symmetric” worldvolume action for all type II Dirichlet p-branes, 0≤p≤9, in a general type II supergravity background, including massive backgrounds in the IIA case. The p=9 case provides a supersymmetric D=10 Born-Infeld action. We emphasize the existence, in the “kappa-transformations”, of a projection operator, leading to a correct matching of Bose and Fermi degrees of freedom on the worldvolume. Some recent developments are sketched.
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Bergshoeff, E. (1998). Super D-branes. In: Wess, J., Akulov, V.P. (eds) Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 509. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105227
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