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)