Strings and membranes from A-theory five brane
The A-theory takes U-duality symmetry as a guiding principle, with the SL(5) U-duality symmetry being described as the world-volume theory of a 5-brane. Furthermore, by unifying the 6-dimensional world-volume Lorentz symmetry with the SL(5) spacetime symmetry, it extends to SL(6) U-duality symmetry....
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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7 July 2025
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SciPost physics
Year: 2025, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-36 |
| ISSN: | 2542-4653 |
| DOI: | 10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.1.009 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.1.009 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.1.009 
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| Author Notes: | Machiko Hatsuda, Ondřej Hulík, William D. Linch, Warren D. Siegel, Di Wang and Yu-Ping Wang |
| Summary: | The A-theory takes U-duality symmetry as a guiding principle, with the SL(5) U-duality symmetry being described as the world-volume theory of a 5-brane. Furthermore, by unifying the 6-dimensional world-volume Lorentz symmetry with the SL(5) spacetime symmetry, it extends to SL(6) U-duality symmetry. The SL(5) spacetime vielbein fields and the 5-brane world-volume vielbein fields are mixed under the SL(6) U-duality transformation. We demonstrate that consistent sectionings of the SL(6) A5-brane world-volume Lagrangian yield Lagrangians of the T -string with O(D,D) T-duality symmetry, the conventional string, the M5-brane with GL(4) duality symmetry, and the non-perturbative M2-brane in supergravity theory. The GL(4) covariant Lagrangian of the M5-brane derived in this manner is a new, perturbatively quantizable theory. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 08.12.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2542-4653 |
| DOI: | 10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.1.009 |