multiple m5-branes and abjm theory
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Multiple M5-branes and ABJM Theory. Seiji Terashima (YITP, Kyoto) based on the works ( JHEP 0912 (2009) 059 and arXiv:1012:3961, to appear in JHEP ) with Futoshi Yagi (IHES). 2011 February 18 at NTU. 1. Introduction. Recent exciting progress in string theory:. Low energy actions of - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Multiple M5-branes and ABJM Theory
Seiji Terashima (YITP, Kyoto)
based on the works (JHEP 0912 (2009) 059 and arXiv:1012:3961, to appear in JHEP)
with Futoshi Yagi (IHES)
2011 February 18 at NTU
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1. Introduction
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Recent exciting progress in string theory:
Low energy actions of multiple Membranes in M-theory
was found !
Why this is so exciting?
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For string theory, perturbation theory is well understood and
we can compute, for example, scattering amplitudes of gravitons
But, for M-theory, we do NOT have well defined perturbative description.
(because quantization of membrane have serious problems, for example,
no coupling constant and presence of continuous spectrum.)
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For non-perturbative aspects of string theory, D-branes have been very important objects to understand
Because D-brane is described by perturbative open strings
although they are non-perturbative objects
→ Yang-Mills action as multiple D-brane action!AdS/CFT, Matrix Model, MQCD, etc
Why D-branes are so useful?
On the other hand, until very recently, multiple M2-brane action had not been obtained.
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We will understand many aspects of M-theory (and string theory) !
Recently, Bagger and Lambert (BLG) proposed
multiple membrane actions,then
Aharony, Bergman, Jafferis and Maldacena (ABJM)found different multiple membrane actions.
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Many possible applications,
ex. AdS4/CFT3 (3+1)d gravity theory ↔ (2+1)d field theory
relevant to condensed matter physics,because the membrane action are Chern-Simons theories
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M5-branes are more mysterious and interesting
For example,
•On M5-branes, there is self dual 3-form field strength.
•M5-branes on torus give N=4 SYM and S-duality should be manifest.
•Seiberg-Witten curve is obtained for M5 on curveThus, it is very interesting to find
low energy action of multiple M5-branes
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Single M5 → effective action is known (ex. Pasti-Sorokin-Tonin)
From BLG action, single M5-action was obtained by Ho-Matsuo-Imamura-Shiba
N M5-branes → effective action is NOT known. N³ degree of freedom
We will consider effective action for multiple M5-branes
via ABJM action
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Bound states of M2-branes and M5-branes should be constructed in the M2-brane actions.
(M-theory lift of D2-D4 bound state in IIA)
We will have M5-brane action by consideringfluctuations around the backgroundrepresenting M2-M5 bound states!
Is ABJM action useful to understand M5-branes?
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Indeed, we found solutions of the BPS equations of ABJM which describe the M5-branes
M2-branes
M5-branes
Fuzzy 3-sphere appears
ST, GRRV
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This is an M-theory lift of D2-D4described by t’Hooft-Polyakov Monopole or Nahm equation
D2-branes
D4-branes
Fuzzy 2-sphere appears
M2-branes
M5-branes
Fuzzy 3-sphere appears
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How about the M-theory lift of usual D2-D4 bound state?
This bound state is described by D4-brane with magnetic flux or noncommutative R²
which would be easier to be analyzed.
D4-branes with nonzero magnetic field F
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D4-branes with nonzero magnetic field F
We construct such M2-M5 bound state in ABJM action!
The bound state is M5-branes with nonzero 3-form flux
Yagi-ST
D4-brane with magnetic flux or noncommutative R² = D2-D4 bound state
M-theory lift of this?
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N M2-branes (N →∞)ABJM model
N D2-branes (N →∞)3 dim SYM
M5-brane(with non-zero 3-form flux)
S1 compactification
S1 compactification
NNijji iXX 1],[ ?
D4-brane (with non-zero flux 1/Θ)∝
Strategy to construct it
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N M2-branes (N →∞)ABJM model
N D2-branes (N →∞)3 dim SYM
M5-brane(with non-zero 3-form flux)
S1 compactification
S1 compactification
NNijji iXX 1],[
D4-brane (with non-zero flux 1/Θ)∝
Strategy to construct it
We found a classical solution!
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Lie 3-bracket = self-dual 3-form flux and Nambu bracket is hidden.
→ 3-algebra may describe multiple M5-brane action.
We also calculate fluctuations from M5-brane solution.
D4-brane-like action but the gauge coupling constant depends on the spacetime coordinate obtained.
→ consistent with the properties of M5-brane action.
Interestingly, Our solution is closely related to the Lie 3-algebra,
although this is in ABJM, not BLG.
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2. M2-branes and ABJM action
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M2 wrapping S¹ = fund. string in IIA M2 at a point in S¹ = D2 in IIA M5 wrapping S¹ = D4 in IIA M5 at a point in S¹ = NS5 in IIA
M2-M5 ← D2-D4
Consider M2-branes in M-theory compactified on S¹
M-theory on S¹ = IIA string in 10d (Radius of S¹ ~ string coupling)
Thus, M-theory is the strong coupling limit of IIA string, and
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D2-brane effective action is (2+1)d N=8 Yang-Mills theory
which has
7 scalars = location of D2-brane
16 SUSY and SO(7) global symmetry
Not Conformal (Yang-Mills coupling is not dimensionless)
low energy limit = l_s → 0 with Yang-Mills coupling fixed
(cut-off: 1/l_s , g_YM^2: g_s/l_s )
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effective action of M2-brane on flat space should have
8 scalars = location of M2-brane
16 SUSY and SO(8) global symmetry
Conformal symmetry (=not Yang-Mills theory)
For (2+1)d Yang-Mills theory,Strong coupling limit = low energy limit
M2-brane action = low energy limit of D2-brane action. Thus, we should solve the strong coupling dynamics. → very difficult.
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Fields in ABJM action:
4 complex scalars (A=1,2,3,4)bi-fundamental rep. of U(N) x U(N)
4 (2+1)d Dirac spinors bi-fundamental rep. of U(N) x U(N)
(2+1)d U(N) x U(N) gauge fields
,
,
,
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ABJM action:
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( (2+1)d N=6 ) SUSY transformation:
Gaiotto-Giobi-Yin, Hosomichi et.el, Bagger-Lambert, ST, Bandres-Lipstein-Schwarz
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ABJM action has
12 SUSY and SU(4)xU(1) global symmetryand
Conformal symmetry
(1)This action with U(N)xU(N) gauge group describes N M2-branes on
(2) ABJM derived this action as a limit of a D-brane configuration
c.f. BLG is SU(2)xSU(2)
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(3) Bagger and Lambert showed that ABJM action also has Lie 3-algebra structure defined by
Structure constant: which satisfy (i) and (ii)
(i) fundamental identities
(ii) NOT total anti-symmetric
However, meaning or importance of the 3-algebrahad been unclear for ABJM action.
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3. ABJM to 3d YM and M2-M5 bound state
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Orbifold to R^7 x S¹
Scaling limit v → ∞, k → ∞, v / k : fixedwhere v is the distance between the M2 and singularity
M2-branes probing M2-branes probing R^7 x S¹ = D2-branes probing R^7
(2+1)d ABJM theory (Chern-Simon)
(2+1)d SuperYM theory
θ= 2 π / k2 π v / k
Mukhi et.al.ABJM
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Bosonic part of ABJM
Consider and take a linear combination
where and
is the 3-bracket
then,
This v.e.v gives mass to gauge field
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is massive and can be integrated out. Then we have
3D YM from CS theory through Higgsing!
M2 → D2 in the limit
From the known D4-D2 bound state solution,we want to find a M-theory lift of this solution
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Potential of the ABJM action
Ansatz
(i.e. forget gauge fields and only consider Hermite and constant part of Y¹ and Y²)
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e.o.m.
additional Ansatz (the solution becomes D2-D4 in the limit v →∞)
where f → 0 for v →∞
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N M2-branes (N →∞)ABJM model
N D2-branes (N →∞)3 dim SYM
M5-brane(with non-zero flux)
S1 compactification
S1 compactification
NNijji iXX 1],[
D4-brane (with non-zero flux 1/Θ)∝
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e.o.m. (infinite order nonlinear PDE)
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Two equations for one function f(x,y).Are these really consistent?
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Two equations for one function f(x,y).Are these really consistent?
We can show a following identity,which guarantees the existence of the solutions !
Thus, there exist perturbative solutions for these equations.
Anologue for the D2-brane is
This is followed from Jacobi identity.
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This identity is shown fromthe fundamental identity of Lie 3-algebra
and following identities including both 2-bracket and 3-bracket:
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a perturbative solution is
We can show that the solutions have only one parameter,although there seem two parameters.
Another remark: solution is real
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We claim thatthe solution represents
an M5-brane with 3-from flux wrapping following space
although we can not see the S1 direction manifestly.This will been seen by non-perturbative effects,
like monopole operator (vortex) in ABJM.
0 1 2 3(r) 4(r’) 5(θ) 6 7 8 9 10M2 ○ ○ ○ M5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Compactified S1 direction
0,', 4321 YYerYreY ii
Instanton particle in D4 (?)
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Commutator and anti-commutator is simplified in this limit.
Then, the e.o.m. is reduced to 3rd order non-linear PDE
This is still difficult. Nevertheless, we found a solution!:
We can find
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general expression of the solutions with Poisson bracket
take a following ansatz:
The e.o.m. is approximated in the limit as
then the solution is
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Relation to Nambu-Poisson bracket
On the other hand, Nambu-Poisson bracket on the space is
The M5-branes wrap the space with Poisson bracket for the KK reduced space is
This is not consistent with our solution
Thus, we should define
i.e. we can choose the normalization such that
means
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The induced metric on the M5-brane is
The potential is evaluated as
In the star-product representation, Tr is given as then, we have
where we inserted
This indeed corresponds to the M5-brane volume factor,the cofficient is (a part of effective) tension of the M5-brane.
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The M5-brane will have
a constant flux which implies by the non-linear self duality.
This is expected because
non-commutative parameter of D4-brane is constant
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Then, we can show that the metric
with the constant flux is the solution of the single M5-brane action,
which is essentially Nambu-Goto action.
Furthermore, tension of the M5-brane computed from the M5-brane action
match with the one from the ABJM action!
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The potential can be written by the 3-bracket:
Now, substituting our solution we have
From the U(1) gauge transformation, we recover θdependence as
In the real coordinates, we have
This matches with the 3-form flux
Lie 3-algebra and 3-form flux
where
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4. Multiple M5-brane action from ABJM
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We will consider fluctuations around Θ→ 0 solution
First, decompose Y to Hermite and anti-Hermite parts
Since 3-bracket is a combination of commutator and anti-commutator:
Potential is also written by them.
We will expand the potential by the number of commutators.
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The result is
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Now, we assume order of the fluctuations as follows:
This was chosen such thatall fluctuations are same order, thus remain in the Θ → 0.
Then, we findleading order of the potential (assuming only p have v.e.v):
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Parameterization of fluctuations
For A =1,2, let us remember the D2-D4 case.
the solution (from D2 point of view) is
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the fluctuations are conveniently parameterized:
where
This is the covariant derivative operator, satisfies
For our M2-M5 case, the scalars are complex, thus it is natural to define
Then, the fluctuations are introduced by
(classical solution) (classical solution +fluctuations)
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In Poisson bracket approximation (leading order in Θ) ,
where we defined
We can also see that a combination of scalars
disappears in the action (Higgs mechanism). Take unitary gauge.
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Finally, we have action of multiple M5-branes (with flux)
and using “open string metric”
which is not constant
where
and coupling constant is
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5. Conclusion
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• M2-M5 bound state in ABJM action is obtained. • This solution reduces to D4-brane solution [X,X] = iΘ in the scaling
limit.– Corresponding configuration with magnetic flux is a solution of
the e.o.m of M5-brane world volume action.– the correct tension from ABJM action.
• Action of Multiple M5-branes, which are D4-brane action like, is obtained by considering the fluctuation..
• Lie 3-bracket evaluated for the solution becomes self-dual 3-form flux from M5-brane point of view.
• Nambu-Poisson bracket is hidden• The integrability of the e.o.m. with the ansatz is assured by some
non-trivial identities related to the 3-algebra
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• To see S¹ direction which M5-brane is wrapping: Contribution of monopole operators• Relation to 3-algebra, relation to M5 in BLG• Singularity at origin• stability (non-BPS)
• Our result support that recent argument that D4 action = M5 action
Many important things are left!
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Fin.