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Note About Unstable M3-brane Action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-01-21 v2

Abstract

We construct an action for unstable M3-brane in M-theory. We argue that in order to find M3-brane action that upon direct dimensional reduction leads to non-BPS D3-brane action in type IIA theory we have to presume that the background possesses Killing isometry and that this isometry has to be gauged on the world-volume of M3-brane. Then we construct singular tachyon kink on world-volume of M3-brane and we show that the dynamics of resulting topological defect is governed by an action that upon direct dimensional reduction leads to D2-brane in type IIA theory and that is equivalent to standard M2-brane action in flat background.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0585,
  title  = {Note About Unstable M3-brane Action},
  author = {J. Kluson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0585},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, references added

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