On topological M-theory

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2006.V10.N2.A4zbMATH Open1129.81064arXivhep-th/0509175WikidataQ64038503 ScholiaQ64038503MaRDI QIDQ2457737FDOQ2457737

Authors: Giulio Bonelli, Alessandro Tanzini, Maxim Zabzine 

Publication date: 23 October 2007

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a gauge fixed action for topological membranes on $G_2$-manifold such that its bosonic part is the standard membrane theory in a particular gauge. We prove that quantum mechanically the path-integral in this gauge localizes on associative submanifolds. Moreover on $Mimes{S}^1$ the theory naturally reduces to the standard A-model on Calabi-Yau manifold and to a membrane theory localized on special Lagrangian submanifolds. We discuss some properties of topological membrane theory on $G_2$-manifolds. We also generalize our construction to topological $p$--branes on special manifolds by exploring a relation between vector cross product structures and TFTs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0509175

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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