Boundary Conditions for Interacting Membranes

A Basu; A Gustavsson; A Strominger; AM Low; C-S Chu; CS Chu; CS Chu; D Youm; D-E Diaconescu; Daniel C. Thompson; David S. Berman; DS Berman; DS Berman; DS Berman; DS Berman; DS Berman; E Bergshoeff; E Bergshoeff; Ergin Sezgin; F Passerini; G Papadopoulos; GW Gibbons; H Nastase; IR Klebanov; J Bagger; J Bagger; J Bagger; J Bagger; J Distler; J Gomis; JP Gauntlett; K Hanaki; K Hosomichi; KA Intriligator; M Benna; M Cederwall; M Raamsdonk Van; MA Bandres; MA Bandres; Malcolm J. Perry; N Lambert; N Lambert; O Aharony; O Aharony; O Ganor; O-K Kwon; P Hořava; P Hořava; P-M Ho; P-M Ho; PK Townsend; PS Howe; S Benvenuti; S Terashima; S Terashima; W Nahm; Y Michishita

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Boundary Conditions for Interacting Membranes

Authors: A Basu
A Gustavsson
A Strominger
AM Low
C-S Chu
CS Chu
CS Chu
D Youm
D-E Diaconescu
Daniel C. Thompson
David S. Berman
DS Berman
DS Berman
DS Berman
DS Berman
DS Berman
E Bergshoeff
E Bergshoeff
Ergin Sezgin
F Passerini
G Papadopoulos
GW Gibbons
H Nastase
IR Klebanov
J Bagger
J Bagger
J Bagger
J Bagger
J Distler
J Gomis
JP Gauntlett
K Hanaki
K Hosomichi
KA Intriligator
M Benna
M Cederwall
M Raamsdonk Van
MA Bandres
MA Bandres
Malcolm J. Perry
N Lambert
N Lambert
O Aharony
O Aharony
O Ganor
O-K Kwon
P Hořava
P Hořava
P-M Ho
P-M Ho
PK Townsend
PS Howe
S Benvenuti
S Terashima
S Terashima
W Nahm
Y Michishita
Publication date: 1 January 2010
Publisher: 'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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Abstract

We investigate supersymmetric boundary conditions in both the Bagger-Lambert and the ABJM theories of interacting membranes. We find boundary conditions associated to the fivebrane, the ninebrane and the M-theory wave. For the ABJM theory we are able to understand the enhancement of supersymmetry to produce the (4,4) supersymmetry of the self-dual string. We also include supersymmetric boundary conditions on the gauge fields that cancel the classical gauge anomaly of the Chern-Simons terms.Comment: 36 pages, latex, v2 minor typos correcte