Semiclassical Quantization of the Supermembrane

Duff, M.J.; Inami, T.; Pope, C.N.; Sezgin, E.; Stelle, K.S.

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(88)90316-1

Semiclassical Quantization of the Supermembrane

May, 1987

24 pages

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Nucl.Phys.B 297 (1988) 515-538

Published: 1988

DOI:

10.1016/0550-3213(88)90316-1

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CERN-TH-4731/87,
IC/87/74

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

We approach the quantization of the eleven-dimensional supermembrane from a semiclassical viewpoint. We quantize the fluctuations around a topologically-stabilized toroidal background, and find that the bosonic and fermionic contributions to the vacuum energy cancel. This result appears to depend crucially on the fermionic gauge symmetry and spacetime supersymmetry.

MODEL: STRING
MODEL: MEMBRANE
SUPERSYMMETRY
FIELD THEORY: ELEVEN-DIMENSIONAL
FIELD THEORY: BACKGROUND FIELD
QUANTIZATION: semiclassical
INVARIANCE: CONFORMAL
INVARIANCE: REPARAMETRIZATION
FIELD THEORY: LIGHT CONE GAUGE
MULTIPLET

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