Published May 15, 2008 | Version v1
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Lorentz-covariant non-Abelian gauging of a supermembrane

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840 (United States)

Description

We perform the Lorentz-covariant non-Abelian gauging of a supermembrane (M-2 brane) action. This is a generalization of our previous work based on the teleparallel formulation, in which Lorentz covariance was not manifest. We introduce the Killing supervector ξAI with the adjoint index I for a non-Abelian gauge group H. This formulation is applicable to the compactification of a supermembrane from 11 dimensions into D dimensions, such as H=SO(11-D) for the compactification M11→S11-DxMD(1≤D≤9)

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 106002-106002.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40075547
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPACTIFICATION; DATA COVARIANCES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; MEMBRANES
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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