Comments on the Bagger-Lambert theory and multiple M2-branes
| dc.creator | Van Raamsdonk, Mark | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-26 | |
| dc.date | 2008-04-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:33:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:33:22Z | |
| dc.description | We study the SO(8) superconformal theory proposed recently by Bagger and Lambert as a possible worldvolume theory for multiple M2-branes. For their explicit example with gauge group SO(4), we rewrite the theory (originally formulated in terms of a three-algebra) as an ordinary SU(2) \times SU(2) gauge theory with bifundamental matter. In this description, the parity invariance of the theory, required for a proper description of M2-branes, is clarified. We describe the subspace of scalar field configurations on which the potential vanishes, and note that this does not coincide with the moduli space for a stack of M2-branes. Finally, we point out a difficulty in constructing the required set of superconformal primary operators which should be present in the correct theory describing multiple M2-branes. | |
| dc.description | 9 pages, LaTeX; v2: references and comments about Chern-Simons level added, v3: typo corrected, comments on moduli space clarified | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3803 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3803 | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP0805:105,2008 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/105 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197865 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Comments on the Bagger-Lambert theory and multiple M2-branes | |
| dc.type | text |