Modeling multiple M2-branes
Jonathan Bagger,Neil Lambert +1 more
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In this article, the authors investigate the world volume theory that describes $N$ coincident M2-branes ending on an M5-brane and show how a Basu-Harvey fuzzy funnel arises as the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield solution.Abstract:
We investigate the worldvolume theory that describes $N$ coincident M2-branes ending on an M5-brane. We argue that the fields that describe the transverse spacetime coordinates take values in a nonassociative algebra. We postulate a set of supersymmetry transformations and find that they close into a novel gauge symmetry. We propose a three-dimensional $N=2$ supersymmetric action to describe the truncation of the full theory to the scalar and spinor fields, and show how a Basu-Harvey fuzzy funnel arises as the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield solution to this theory.read more
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