An action for the super-5-brane in D = 11 supergravity
Abstract
An alternative path is taken for deriving an action for the supersymmetric 5-brane in 11 dimensions. Selfduality does not follow from the action, but is consistent with the equations of motion for arbitrary supergravity backgrounds. The action involves a 2-form as well as a 5-form world-volume potential; inclusion of the latter makes the action, as well as the non-linear selfduality relation for the 3-form field strength, polynomial. The requirement of invariance under κ-transformations determines the form of the selfduality relation, as well as the action. The formulation is shown to be equivalent to earlier formulations of 5-brane dynamics.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- April 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/04/007
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9712059
- Bibcode:
- 1998JHEP...04..007C
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- plain tex, 8pp. Essential correction to the selfduality equation. Added paragraph showing equivalence to other formulations