Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-06-24
JHEP0502:020,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LaTeX, 21 pages. v2: Minor changes in text, correction of a sign. v3: some changes in text, a sign convention changed; version
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/020
We outline a formulation of membrane dynamics in D=8 which is fully covariant under the U-duality group SL(2,Z) x SL(3,Z), and encodes all interactions to fields in the eight-dimensional supergravity, which is constructed through Kaluza-Klein reduction on T^3. Among the membrane degrees of freedom is an SL(2,R) doublet of world-volume 2-form potentials, whose quantised electric fluxes determine the membrane charges, and are conjectured to provide an interpretation of the variables occurring in the minimal representation of E_{6(6)} which appears in the context of automorphic membranes. We solve the relevant equations for the action for a restricted class of supergravity backgrounds. Some comments are made on supersymmetry and lower dimensions.
Bengtsson Viktor
Cederwall Martin
Larsson Henric
Nilsson Bengt E. W.
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