M2-branes on M-folds

被引:148
作者
Distler, Jacques [1 ]
Mukhi, Sunil [2 ]
Papageorgakis, Constantinos [2 ]
Van Raamsdonk, Mark [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Bombay 400005, Maharashtra, India
[3] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1W9, Canada
来源
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2008年 / 05期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
D-branes; M-theory;
D O I
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/038
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We argue that the moduli space for the Bagger-Lambert A(4) theory at level k is (R-8 x R-8)/D-2k, where D-2k is the dihedral group of order 4k. We conjecture that the theory describes two M2-branes on a Z(2k) "M-fold", in which a geometrical action of Z2k is combined with an action on the branes. For k = 1, this arises as the strong coupling limit of two D2-branes on an O2(-) orientifold, whose worldvolume theory is the maximally supersymmetric SO(4) gauge theory. Finally, in an appropriate large-k limit we show that one recovers compactified M-theory and the M2-branes reduce to D2-branes.
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