M2- and M5-branes in E11 current algebra formulation of M-theory

Equations of motion for M2- and M5-branes are written down in the E 1 1 current algebra formulation of M-theory. These branes correspond to currents of the second and the fifth rank antisymmetric tensors in the E 1 1 representation, whereas the electric and magnetic fields (coupled to M2- and M5-bra...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of modern physics. A, Particles and fields, gravitation, cosmology Particles and fields, gravitation, cosmology, 2018-03, Vol.33 (7), p.1850051
Hauptverfasser: Shiba, Shotaro, Sugawara, Hirotaka
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Equations of motion for M2- and M5-branes are written down in the E 1 1 current algebra formulation of M-theory. These branes correspond to currents of the second and the fifth rank antisymmetric tensors in the E 1 1 representation, whereas the electric and magnetic fields (coupled to M2- and M5-branes) correspond to currents of the third and the sixth rank antisymmetric tensors, respectively. We show that these equations of motion have solutions in terms of the coordinates on M2- and M5-branes. We also discuss the geometric equations, and show that there are static solutions when M2- or M5-brane exists alone and also when M5-brane wraps around M2-brane. This situation is realized because our Einstein-like equation contains an extra term which can be interpreted as gravitational energy contributing to the curvature, thus avoiding the usual intersection rule.
ISSN:0217-751X
1793-656X
DOI:10.1142/S0217751X18500513