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M-theory and Type IIB from a Duality Manifest Action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-02-07 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We revisit the SL(5) U-duality manifest action constructed by Berman and Perry in an extended spacetime. Upon choosing a four-dimensional solution to the section condition constraint, the theory reduces to a four-dimensional truncation of eleven-dimensional supergravity. In this paper, we show that the theory contains more than this M-theory reduction. The section condition also admits an SL(5) inequivalent three-dimensional solution, upon which the action directly reduces to a three-dimensional truncation of type IIB supergravity. We also discuss the reduction to IIB^* supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.1311.5109,
  title  = {M-theory and Type IIB from a Duality Manifest Action},
  author = {Chris D. A. Blair and Emanuel Malek and Jeong-Hyuck Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5109},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

23 pages, v2: refs added, v3: published version, slight change of title