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NB BLG model in N=8 superfields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We develop the N=8 superfield description of the Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson (BLG) model in its Nambu bracket (NB) realization. The basic ingredient is the octet of scalar d=3 N=8 superfields depending also on the coordinates of a compact three dimensional space M. It is restricted by the 'superembedding-like' equation, which can be treated as covariantization of the linearized superembedding equation for supermembrane (M2-brane) with respect volume preserving diffeomorphisms SDiff3 of M. The curvatures of SDiff3 connection are expressed through the scalar superfields by the N=8 superfield generalization of the Chern-Simons equation (super-CS equation). We show how the dynamical BLG equations appear when studying consistency of these basic equations.

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@article{arxiv.0808.3568,
  title  = {NB BLG model in N=8 superfields},
  author = {Igor A. Bandos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3568},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

8 pages, no figures. V2: References added, misprints corrected, some cosmetic changes made, comment on ref [17] in 'notes added' extended. V3. More misprints corrected. Version to appear in Phys.Lett. B

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