Published July 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

M2-branes coupled to antisymmetric fluxes

  • 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/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/093

Additional details

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