Aspects of the M5-Brane

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1999-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9902171v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

21 pages, latex, uses sprocl.sty, contribution to the Trieste Conference on Superfivebranes and Physics in 5+1 Dimensions, 1-3

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The kappa symmetry of an open M2-brane ending on an M5-brane requires geometrical constraints on the embedding of the system in target superspace. These constraints lead to the M5-brane equations of motion, which we review both in superspace and in component (i.e. in Green-Schwarz) formalism. We also describe the embedding of the chiral M5-brane theory in a non-chiral theory where the equations of motion follow from an action that involves a non-chiral 2-form potential, upon the imposition of a non-linear self-duality condition. In this formulation, we find a simplified form of the second order field equation for the worldvolume 2-form potential, and we derive the nonlinear holomorphicity condition on the partition function of the chiral M5-brane.

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