Gauge symmetry and supersymmetry of multiple M2-branes

Jonathan Bagger and Neil Lambert
Phys. Rev. D 77, 065008 – Published 7 March 2008

Abstract

In previous work we proposed a field theory model for multiple M2-branes based on an algebra with a totally antisymmetric triple product. In this paper we gauge a symmetry that arises from the algebra’s triple product. We then construct a supersymmetric theory that is consistent with all the symmetries expected of a multiple M2-brane theory: 16 supersymmetries, conformal invariance, and an SO(8) R-symmetry that acts on the eight transverse scalars. The gauge field is not dynamical. The result is a new type of maximally supersymmetric gauge theory in three dimensions.

  • Received 12 November 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.065008

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jonathan Bagger*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

Neil Lambert

  • Department of Mathematics, King’s College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom

  • *bagger@jhu.edu
  • neil.lambert@kcl.ac.uk

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Vol. 77, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2008

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