Three-Algebras and N=6 Chern-Simons Gauge Theories

Jul, 2008
18 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 79 (2009) 025002
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We derive the general form for a three-dimensional scale-invariant field theory with N=6 supersymmetry, SU(4) R-symmetry and a U(1) global symmetry. The results can be written in terms of a 3-algebra in which the triple product is not antisymmetric. For a specific choice of 3-algebra we obtain the N=6 theories that have been recently proposed as models for M2-branes in an R^8/Z_k orbifold background.
  • 04.65.+e
  • 04.50.-h
  • 11.25.Hf
  • M-theory
  • membrane model
  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • Chern-Simons term
  • dimension: 3
  • supersymmetry: 6
  • symmetry: SU(4)