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The Dual Formulation of M5-brane Action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-29 v1

Abstract

We construct a dual formulation, with respect to the conventional PST formalism, of the M5-brane action propagating in a generic 11d supergravity background. Constraint analysis is performed to further justify that our theory has the correct number of degrees of freedom. Comparison of this action with the existing M5-brane actions is carried out. We also show that a conventional D4-brane action is obtained upon double dimensional reduction.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04705,
  title  = {The Dual Formulation of M5-brane Action},
  author = {Sheng-Lan Ko and Pichet Vanichchapongjaroen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04705},
  year   = {2016}
}

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21 pages