An interacting conformal chiral 2-form electrodynamics in six dimensions

Abstract

The strong-field limit for the 2-form potential on an M5-brane yields a conformal chiral 2-form electrodynamics in six dimensions, with gauge-invariant self-interactions but no adjustable coupling constant; the stress tensor is that of a null fluid. Lorentz invariance can be made manifest via an interpretation as a tensionless `space-filling M5-brane', or as a truncation of the infra-red dynamics of an M5-brane in AdS7 x S4.

31 pages. Additional minor corrections and an additional reference in V3

References in corpus (2)

• The metric and strong coupling limit of the M5-brane
• The (2,0) supersymmetric theory of tensor multiplets and self-dual strings in six dimensions

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• Waves and strings in an interacting conformal chiral 2-form theory in six dimensions
• Nonlinear (chiral) p-form electrodynamics
• Electrodynamics in flat spacetime of six dimensions