Five-Brane Effective Action In M-Theory

Abstract

On the world-volume of an $M$-theory five-brane propagates a two-form with self-dual field strength. As this field is non-Lagrangian, there is no obvious framework for determining its partition function. An analogous problem exists in Type IIB superstring theory for the self-dual five-form. The resolution of these problems and definition of the partition function is explained. A more complete analysis of perturbative anomaly cancellation for $M$-theory five-branes is also presented, uncovering some surprising details.

41 pp, harvmac

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