M-brane intersections from worldvolume superalgebras
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v3
Abstract
It is known that the M-branes of M-theory correspond to p-form charges in the D=11 spacetime supersymmetry algebra. Here we show that their intersections are encoded in the p-form charges of their worldvolume supersymmetry algebras. Triple intersections are encoded in double intersection worldvolume algebras with eight supercharges.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9711043,
title = {M-brane intersections from worldvolume superalgebras},
author = {Eric Bergshoeff and Joaquim Gomis and Paul K. Townsend},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9711043},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages, Latex, version to appear in Physics Letters B