ISSN:
1434-6052
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract. We present the non-Abelian gaugings of supermembranes for general isometries for compactifications from eleven-dimensions, starting with an Abelian case as a guide. We introduce a super Killing vector in eleven-dimensional superspace for a non-Abelian group G associated with the compact space B for a general compactification, and couple it to a non-Abelian gauge field on the world-volume. As a technical tool, we use teleparallel superspace with no manifest local Lorentz covariance. Interestingly, the coupling constant is quantized for the non-Abelian group G, due to its non-trivial mapping $\pi_3(G)$ .
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-02095-8
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