AdS_3 OM theory and the self-dual string or Membranes ending on the Five-brane

Abstract

We describe properties of the M-theory five-brane containing $Q$ coincident self-dual strings on its worldvolume. This is the five-brane description of Q membranes ending on the five-brane. In particular, we consider a Maldacena-like low energy limit in the six-dimensional worldvolume which yields a near `horizon' description of the self-dual string using light open membranes, i.e. OM theory, in an AdS_3 x S^3 geometry.

13 pages, latex, v2: corrected open membrane metric prefactor + typos

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