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M-Fivebrane from the Open Supermembrane

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

Covariant field equations of M-fivebrane in eleven dimensional curved superspace are obtained from the requirement of kappa-symmetry of an open supermembrane ending on a fivebrane. The worldvolume of the latter is a (6|16) dimensional supermanifold embedded in the (11|32) dimensional target superspace. The kappa-symmetry of the system imposes a constraint on this embedding, and a constraint on a modified super 3-form field strength on the fivebrane worldvolume. These constraints govern the dynamics of the M-fivebrane.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9710223,
  title  = {M-Fivebrane from the Open Supermembrane},
  author = {C. S. Chu and E. Sezgin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9710223},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, Latex, references and appendix added