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Noncommutative M-branes from Covariant Open Supermembranes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We discuss an open supermembrane in the presence of a constant three-form. The boundary conditions to ensure the kappa-invariance of the action lead to possible Dirichlet branes. It is shown that a noncommutative (NC) M5-brane is possible as a boundary and the self-duality condition that the flux on the world-volume satisfies is derived from the requirement of the kappa-symmetry. We also find that the open supermembrane can attach to each of infinitely many M2-branes on an M5-brane, namely a strong flux limit of the NC M5-brane.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0608099,
  title  = {Noncommutative M-branes from Covariant Open Supermembranes},
  author = {Makoto Sakaguchi and Kentaroh Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0608099},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, revtex4; further clarifications and references added