Self-dual Strings and 2D SYM
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-19 v2
Abstract
We study the system of M2-branes suspended between parallel M5-branes using ABJM model with a natural half-BPS boundary condition. For small separation between M5-branes, the worldvolume theory is shown to reduce to a 2D N=(4,4) super Yang-Mills theory with some similarity to q-deformed Yang-Mills theory. The gauge coupling is related to the position of the branes in an interesting manner. The theory is considerably different from the 2D theory proposed for multiple "M-strings". We make a detailed comparison of elliptic genus of the two descriptions and find only a partial agreement.
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@article{arxiv.1406.1802,
title = {Self-dual Strings and 2D SYM},
author = {Kazuo Hosomichi and Sungjay Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.1802},
year = {2015}
}
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1+38 pages, minor modifications, references added