The M5-Brane Limit of Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity

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Main Authors: Bergshoeff, Eric, Lambert, Neil, Smith, Joseph
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author Bergshoeff, Eric
Lambert, Neil
Smith, Joseph
author_facet Bergshoeff, Eric
Lambert, Neil
Smith, Joseph
contents We construct the M5-brane limit of eleven-dimensional supergravity. The resulting action is invariant under Galilean boosts and has a local scale symmetry. We also consider the limit of the equations of motion where we recover a Poisson-like equation arising from an M5-brane source but which does not follow from the non-relativistic action. We argue that the resulting theory describes gravitational fluctuations around a stack of M5-branes, represented by a trivial Minkowskian spacetime, but where the number of M5-branes is determined by the flux of a Lagrange multiplier field.
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spellingShingle The M5-Brane Limit of Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity
Bergshoeff, Eric
Lambert, Neil
Smith, Joseph
High Energy Physics - Theory
We construct the M5-brane limit of eleven-dimensional supergravity. The resulting action is invariant under Galilean boosts and has a local scale symmetry. We also consider the limit of the equations of motion where we recover a Poisson-like equation arising from an M5-brane source but which does not follow from the non-relativistic action. We argue that the resulting theory describes gravitational fluctuations around a stack of M5-branes, represented by a trivial Minkowskian spacetime, but where the number of M5-branes is determined by the flux of a Lagrange multiplier field.
title The M5-Brane Limit of Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07969