Modeling multiple M2-branes

By J. Bagger, N. Lambert. 2006

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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.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• Bagger-Lambert Theory for General Lie Algebras (2008, background): “In [1] a maximally supersymmetric three dimensional conformal field theory (henceforth called the BL theory) was proposed as a candidate description of the low energy world volume theory of multiple coincident M2-branes, incorporating some insights from earlier works [2, 3, 4 ]. Some elements of th”
• Lie 3-Algebra and Multiple M2-branes (2008, background): “Bagger and Lambert [ 3 , 4, 5] proposed a supersymmetric Lagrangian for M2-branes for a given 3algebra as”
• A Massive Study of M2-brane Proposals (2008, background): “The stimulating recent work of Bagger and Lambert [ 1 ][2][3] and Gustavsson [4][5] has resulted in the construction of novel three dimensional superconformal field theories, and”
• Landscape of superconducting membranes (2009, methodology): “following the renewed interest in multiple M2 brane theories initiated by [ 61 , 62, 63].”
• Tilings, Chern-Simons Theories and M2 Branes (2008, background): “The theory constructed in [13] is the conclusion of a long activity that followed the discovery of the BGL N = 8 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory and the attempts to interpret and generalize it [ 14 , 15, 16].”