Covariant Action for the Super-Five-Brane of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="italic">M</mi></math></span> Theory

Igor Bandos; Kurt Lechner; Aleksei Nurmagambetov; Paolo Pasti; Dmitri Sorokin; Mario Tonin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4332

Covariant Action for the Super-Five-Brane of $M$ Theory

Igor Bandos, Kurt Lechner, Aleksei Nurmagambetov, Paolo Pasti, Dmitri Sorokin, and Mario Tonin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4332 – Published 9 June 1997

Abstract

We propose a complete, $d = 6$ covariant and kappa-symmetric, action for the $M$ theory five-brane propagating in $D = 11$ supergravity background. This opens a direct way of relating a wide class of super- $p$ -brane solutions of string theory with the five-brane of $M$ theory, which should be useful for studying corresponding dualities and nonperturbative aspects of these theories.

Received 5 February 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4332

Authors & Affiliations

Igor Bandos¹, Kurt Lechner², Aleksei Nurmagambetov¹, Paolo Pasti², Dmitri Sorokin¹, and Mario Tonin²

¹National Science Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, 310108, Ukraine
²Dipartimento Di Fisica “Galileo Galilei” ed INFN, Sezione di Padova, Università Degli Studi di Padova, Via F. Marzolo, 8, 35131 Padova, Italia