1206.3983 (Kuo-Wei Huang)

Non-Abelian Chiral 2-Form and M5-Branes    [PDF]

Kuo-Wei Huang

We first review self-dual (chiral) gauge field theories by studying their Lorentz non-covariant and Lorentz covariant formulations. Then, we construct a non-Abelian self-dual two-form gauge theory in six dimensions with a spatial direction compactified on a circle. This model reduces to the Yang-Mills theory in five dimensions for a small compactified radius R. This model also reduces to the Lorentz-invariant Abelian self-dual two-form theory when the gauge group is Abelian. The model is expected to describe multiple 5-branes in M-theory. We will discuss its decompactified limit, covariant formulation, BRST-antifield quantization and other generalizations.

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