Zero-branes and the symplectic hypermultiplets

Abstract

We study the scalar fields of the five-dimensional N=2 hypermultiplets using the method of symplectic covariance developed in previous work. For static spherically symmetric backgrounds, we show that exactly two possibilities exist. One of them is a Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfeld (BPS) zero-brane carrying charge under the hypermultiplets. We find an explicitly symplectic solution of the fields in this background and derive the conditions required for a full spacetime understanding.

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• All null supersymmetric backgrounds of N=2, D=4 gauged supergravity coupled to abelian vector multiplets
• D=4, N=2 Gauged Supergravity coupled to Vector-Tensor Multiplets
• Five dimensional 2-branes from special Lagrangian wrapped M5-branes
• Wrapped M5-branes leading to five dimensional 2-branes
• Symplectic covariance of the N=2 hypermultiplets