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The M5-brane limit of eleven-dimensional supergravity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A bstract We construct the M5-brane limit of eleven-dimensional supergravity. The resulting action is invariant under Galilean boosts and has a local scale symmetry. We also consider the limit of the equations of motion where we recover a Poisson-like equation arising from an M5-brane source but which does not follow from the non-relativistic action. We argue that the resulting theory describes gravitational fluctuations around a stack of M5-branes, represented by a trivial Minkowskian spacetime, but where the number of M5-branes is determined by the flux of a Lagrange multiplier field.

Source: Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI: 10.1007/jhep06(2025)060

Authors: Eric Bergshoeff, Neil Lambert, Joseph Smith

Institutions: University of Groningen, King's College London

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Awards: STFC KCL Maths 2021 DTP, Non-relativistic supergravity and applications, From the Planck Scale to the Hubble Scale - Theoretical Physics At KCL