Multiple Membranes from Gauged Supergravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v3
Abstract
Starting from gauged N=8 supergravity in three dimensions we construct actions for multiple membranes by taking the limit to global supersymmetry for different choices of the embedding tensor. This provides a general framework that reproduces many recent results on multiple membrane actions as well as generalisations thereof. As examples we discuss conformal (non-conformal) gaugings leading to multiple M2-branes (D2-branes) and massive deformations of these systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.2584,
title = {Multiple Membranes from Gauged Supergravity},
author = {Eric A. Bergshoeff and Mees de Roo and Olaf Hohm and Diederik Roest},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2584},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
22 pages, v2: minor changes, reference added, v3: version to appear in JHEP