M-fivebrane from the open supermembrane Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Covariant field equations of M-fivebrane in eleven dimensional curved superspace are obtained from the requirement of kappa-symmetry of an open supermembrane ending on a fivebrane. The worldvolume of the latter is a (6|16) dimensional supermanifold embedded in the (11|32) dimensional target superspace. The kappa-symmetry of the system imposes a constraint on this embedding, and a constraint on a modified super 3-form field strength on the fivebrane worldvolume. These constraints govern the dynamics of the M-fivebrane.

published proceedings

  • Journal of High Energy Physics

author list (cited authors)

  • Chu, C., & Sezgin, E.

citation count

  • 39

complete list of authors

  • Chu, Chong-Sun||Sezgin, Ergin

publication date

  • October 1997