Published July 2008
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Journal article
M2-branes coupled to antisymmetric fluxes
Creators
- 1. Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (China)
- 2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 2735, Beijing 100080 (China)
Description
By turning on antisymmetric background fluxes, we study how multiple M2-branes are coupled to them. Our investigation concentrates on the gauge invariance conditions for the Myers-Chern-Simons action. Furthermore, the dimensional reduction of M2-branes to D2-branes introduces more constraints on the newly introduced tensors. Particularly, for the theory based on A4 algebra, we are able to fix all components of them up to an overall normalization constant. These results can not be simply obtained from the previously proposed cubic matrix representation for this algebra. We also comment on cubic matrices as the representations of 3-algebras.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/093Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 07
- Journal Issue
- 2008
- Journal Page Range
- p. 093
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41058614
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRA; BRANES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MATRICES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TENSORS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICS