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Supermembrane limit of Yang-Mills theory

authored by
Olaf Lechtenfeld, Alexander D. Popov
Abstract

We consider Yang-Mills theory with N = 1 super-translation group in eleven auxiliary dimensions as the structure group. The gauge theory is defined on a direct product manifold Σ3 × S1, where Σ3 is a three-dimensional Lorentzian manifold and S1 is a circle. We show that in the infrared limit, when the metric on S1 is scaled down, the Yang-Mills action supplemented by a Wess-Zumino-type term reduces to the action of an M2-brane.

Organisation(s)
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics
Type
Artikel
Journal
Journal of mathematical physics
Volume
57
ISSN
0022-2488
Publication date
01.02.2016
Publication status
Veröffentlicht
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Statistische und nichtlineare Physik, Mathematische Physik
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942186 (Access: Unbekannt)