Multiple M2-branes and the embedding tensor

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/142001MaRDI QIDQ3516228zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. de Roo, Olaf Hohm, Eric A. Bergshoeff

Publication date 1 August 2008

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2201, https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6720176/2008ClassQuantGravBergshoeff.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We show that the Bagger-Lambert theory of multiple M2-branes fits into the general construction of maximally supersymmetric gauge theories using the embedding tensor technique. We apply the embedding tensor technique in order to systematically obtain the consistent gaugings of N=8 superconformal theories in 2+1 dimensions. This leads to the Bagger-Lambert theory, with the embedding tensor playing the role of the four-index antisymmetric tensor defining a ``3-algebra. We present an alternative formulation of the theory in which the embedding tensor is replaced by a set of unrestricted scalar fields. By taking these scalar fields to be parity-odd, the Chern-Simons term can be made parity-invariant.

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