This is a review on brane effective actions, their symmetries and some of their applications.
Its first part covers the Green-Schwarz formulation of single M-and D-brane effective actions …

Gravitational entropy arises in string theory via coarse graining over an underlying space of
microstates. In cases with enough supersymmetry, it has been possible to explicitly construct …

We present a complete basis of multi-trace multi-matrix operators that has a diagonal two
point function for the free matrix field theory at finite N. This generalises to multiple matrices …

We propose a classification of BPS states into monotone versus fortuitous in holographic
CFTs, based on their behaviors in the large $ N $ limit. Intuitively, monotone BPS states form …

A bstract We study small hairy black holes in a consistent truncation of\(\mathcal {N}\)= 8
gauged supergravity that consists of a single charged scalar field interacting with the metric …

We generalize a construction of coherent state operators describing various giant graviton
branes. We enlarge the coherent state parameters, by including complementary coherent …

In this article we study operators with a dimension Δ∼ O (N) and show that simple analytic
expressions for the action of the dilatation operator can be found. The operators we consider …

We study supersymmetric branes in AdS 7× S 4 and AdS 4× S 7. We show that in the former
case the membranes should be viewed as M5 branes with fluxes and we identify two types …

We analyze detailed properties of BPS coherent states and their connection to gravity. We
interpret the group integral coherent state as a path integral over auxiliary variables coupled …

A bstract We study three point functions of half BPS operators in\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 super
Yang-Mills theory focusing on correlators of two of the operators with dimension of order∆ …