Massless 3-brane in M-theory

Abstract

We construct supersymmetric M3-brane solutions in D=11 supergravity. They can be viewed as deformations of backgrounds taking the form of a direct product of four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime and a non-compact Ricci-flat manifold of G_2 holonomy. Although the 4-form field strength is turned on it carries no charge, and the 3-branes are correspondingly massless. We also obtain 3-branes of a different type, arising as M5-branes wrapped over S^2.

This corrects a previous version in which it was mistakenly claimed that the M3-brane solutions are pseudo-supersymmetric rather than supersymmetric

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