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M2-Branes and Background Fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-09 v1

Abstract

We discuss the coupling of multiple M2-branes to the background 3-form and 6-form gauge fields of eleven-dimensional supergravity, including the coupling of the Fermions. In particular we show in detail how a natural generalization of the Myers flux-terms, along with the resulting curvature of the background metric, leads to mass terms in the effective field theory.

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@article{arxiv.0908.2896,
  title  = {M2-Branes and Background Fields},
  author = {Neil Lambert and Paul Richmond},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.2896},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages

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