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M2-branes on M-folds

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Published 12 May 2008 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Jacques Distler et al JHEP05(2008)038 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/038

1126-6708/2008/05/038

Abstract

We argue that the moduli space for the Bagger-Lambert A4 theory at level k is (Bbb R8 × Bbb R8)/D2k, where D2k is the dihedral group of order 4k. We conjecture that the theory describes two M2-branes on a Bbb Z2k ``M-fold'', in which a geometrical action of Bbb Z2k is combined with an action on the branes. For k = 1, this arises as the strong coupling limit of two D2-branes on an O2 orientifold, whose worldvolume theory is the maximally supersymmetric SO(4) gauge theory. Finally, in an appropriate large-k limit we show that one recovers compactified M-theory and the M2-branes reduce to D2-branes.

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