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An interacting conformal chiral 2-form electrodynamics in six dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-17 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The strong-field limit for the 2-form potential on an M5-brane yields a conformal chiral 2-form electrodynamics in six dimensions, with gauge-invariant self-interactions but no adjustable coupling constant; the stress tensor is that of a null fluid. Lorentz invariance can be made manifest via an interpretation as a tensionless `space-filling M5-brane', or as a truncation of the infra-red dynamics of an M5-brane in AdS7 x S4.

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@article{arxiv.1911.01161,
  title  = {An interacting conformal chiral 2-form electrodynamics in six dimensions},
  author = {Paul K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01161},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

31 pages. Additional minor corrections and an additional reference in V3

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