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Five dimensional 2-branes and the universal hypermultiplet

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We present a discussion of black 2-branes coupled to the fields of the universal hypermultiplet of ungauged N=2 supergravity theory in five dimensions. Using a general ansatz dependent on a spherically symmetric harmonic function, we show that there are exactly two such solutions, both of which can be thought of as arising from the dimensional reduction of either M2- or M5-branes over special Lagrangian cycles of a Calabi-Yau 3-fold, confirming previous results. By relaxing some of the constraints on the ansatz, we proceed to find a more general solution carrying both M-brane charges and discuss its properties, as well as its relationship to Euclidean instantons.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0701060,
  title  = {Five dimensional 2-branes and the universal hypermultiplet},
  author = {Moataz H. Emam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0701060},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

In v2 the paper was completely rewritten, errors fixed and notation improved. To appear in Nuclear Physics B

R2 v1 2026-07-22T15:40:16.844Z