2000/11/30 by G. W. Gibbons, G W Gibbons, P. C. West +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Coupling (piping) #Einstein #Einstein field equations #Invariant (physics) #Light cone #Limit (mathematics) #Limiting #Metric (unit) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Stress–energy tensor #Tensor (intrinsic definition) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1376158
published as J.Math.Phys.42:3188-3208,2001 · Version to be published in special issue of JMP, July 2001. Sections 8 and 9 have been removed
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We find the analog of the Boillat metric of Born–Infeld theory for the M5-brane. We show that it provides the propagation cone of all 5-brane degrees. In an arbitrary background field, this cone never lies outside the Einstein cone. An energy momentum tensor for the three-form is defined and shown to satisfy the Dominant Energy Condition. The theory is shown to be well defined for all values of the magnetic field but there is a limiting electric field strength. We consider the strong coupling limit of the M5-brane and show that the corresponding theory is conformally invariant and admits infinitely many conservation laws. On reduction to the Born–Infeld case this agrees with the work of Białynicki-Birula.