A supersymmetric string model in the D=11 superspace maximally extended by
antisymmetric tensor bosonic coordinates, Σ(528∣32), is proposed. It
possesses 30 κ-symmetries and 32 target space supersymmetries. The usual
preserved supersymmetry-κ-symmetry correspondence suggests that it
describes the excitations of a BPS state preserving all but two
supersymmetries. The model can also be formulated in any Σ(2n(n+1)∣n) superspace, n=32 corresponding to D=11. It may also be treated as a
`higher--spin generalization' of the usual Green--Schwarz superstring. Although
the global symmetry of the model is a generalization of the super--Poincar\'e
group, Σ(2n(n+1)∣n)×⊃Sp(n), it may be
formulated in terms of constrained OSp(2n|1) orthosymplectic supertwistors. We
work out this supertwistor realization and its Hamiltonian dynamics.
We also give the supersymmetric p-brane generalization of the model. In
particular, the Σ(528∣32) supersymmetric membrane model describes
excitations of a 30/32 BPS state, as the Σ(528∣32) supersymmetric
string does, while the supersymmetric 3-brane and 5-brane correspond,
respectively, to 28/32 and 24/32 BPS states.Comment: 23 pages, RevTex4. V2: minor corrections in title and terminology,
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