M-theory description of 1/4 BPS states in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

Details M-theory description of 1/4 BPS states in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory M-theory description of 1/4 BPS states in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

1998-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9811087v1

Prog.Theor.Phys. 101 (1999) 749-761

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

16 pages, 4 Postscript figures, LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1143/PTP.101.749

We discuss BPS states preserving 1/4 supersymmetries of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory as M2-branes holomorphically embedded and ending on M5-branes. We use techniques in electrodynamics to find the M2-brane configurations, and give some explicit examples. In case the M2-brane worldsheet has handles, the worldsheet moduli of the M2-brane is constrained in a discrete manner. Several aspects of multi-pronged strings in type IIB string theory are beautifully reproduced in the M-theory description. We also discuss the relation between the above construction and the D2-brane dynamics in type IIA string theory.

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