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M5 algebra and SO(5,5) duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-15 v3

Abstract

We present "M5 algebra" to derive Courant brackets of the generalized geometry of TΛ2TΛ5TT\oplus \Lambda^2T^\ast \oplus \Lambda^5T^\ast: The Courant bracket generates the generalized diffeomorphism including gauge transformations of three and six form gauge fields. The Dirac bracket between selfdual gauge fields on a M5-brane gives a C[3]C^{[3]}-twisted contribution to the Courant brackets. For M-theory compactified on a five dimensional torus the U-duality symmetry is SO(5,5) and the M5 algebra basis is in the 16-dimensional spinor representation. The M5 worldvolume diffeomorphism constraints can be written as bilinear forms of the basis and transform as a SO(5,5) vector. We also present an extended space spanned by the 16-dimensional coordinates with section conditions determined from the M5 worldvolume diffeomorphism constraints.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1305.2258,
  title  = {M5 algebra and SO(5,5) duality},
  author = {Machiko Hatsuda and Kiyoshi Kamimura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2258},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

18 pages, v2: Eqs. (3.7) and (3.10), comments and references added. v3: minor corrections, to appear in JHEP

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