D2 to D2
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-19 v2
Abstract
Starting from maximally supersymmetric (2+1)d Yang-Mills theory and using a duality transformation due to de Wit, Nicolai and Samtleben, we obtain the ghost-free Lorentzian 3-algebra theory that has recently been proposed to describe M2-branes. Our derivation does not invoke any properties of 3-algebras. Being derivable from SYM, the final theory is manifestly equivalent to it on-shell and should not be thought of as the IR limit that describes M2-branes, though it does have enhanced R-symmetry as well as superconformal symmetry off-shell.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.1639,
title = {D2 to D2},
author = {Bobby Ezhuthachan and Sunil Mukhi and Constantinos Papageorgakis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1639},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
1+11 pages, Latex; v2: section 3 revised and references added