Membranes on an Orbifold
arXiv:0804.1114 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.041602
Abstract
We harvest clues to aid with the interpretation of the recently discovered N=8 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory with SO(4) gauge symmetry. The theory is argued to describe two membranes moving in the orbifold R8/Z2. At level k=1 and k=2, the classical moduli space M coincides with the infra-red moduli space of SO(4) and SO(5) super Yang-Mills theory respectively. For higher Chern-Simons level, the moduli space is a quotient of M. At a generic point in the moduli space, the massive spectrum is proportional to the area of the triangle formed by the two membranes and the orbifold fixed point.
10 pages. V2: improved discussion of minimal k moduli space; extended discussion of locus of non-abelian gauge symmetry
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