M2- and M5-branes in E11 current algebra formulation of M-theory

DOI10.1142/S0217751X18500513MaRDI QIDQ4607162zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Shotaro Shiba, Hirotaka Sugawara

Publication date 12 March 2018

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07169

zbMATH Keywords

M-theoryM-branes\(E_{1 1}\) algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: Equations of motion for M2- and M5-branes are written down in the $E_{11}$ current algebra formulation of M-theory. These branes correspond to currents of the second and the fifth rank antisymmetric tensors in the $E_{11}$ representation, whereas the electric and magnetic fields (coupled to M2- and M5-branes) correspond to currents of the third and the sixth rank antisymmetric tensors, respectively. We show that these equations of motion have solutions in terms of the coordinates on M2- and M5-branes. We also discuss the geometric equations, and show that there are static solutions when M2- or M5-brane exists alone and also when M5-brane wraps around M2-brane. This situation is realized because our Einstein-like equation contains an extra term which can be interpreted as gravitational energy contributing to the curvature, thus avoiding the usual intersection rule.

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• A brief review of \(E\) theory
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