2008/05/31 by Chethan Krishnan, Carlo Maccaferri · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Funnel #Identity (music) #Membrane #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Supersymmetry #TRACE (psycholinguistics) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/005
published as JHEP 0807:005,2008 · 9 pages, no figures; references added, minor changes
arxiv created 2008/06/09 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
M2-branes can blow up into BPS funnels that end on calibrated intersections of M5-branes. In this quick note, we make the observation that the constraints required for the consistency of these solutions are automatic in Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson (BLG) theory, thanks to the fundamental identity and the supersymmetry of the calibration. We use this to explain how the previous ad hoc fuzzy funnel constructions emerge in this picture, and make some comments about the role of the 3-algebra trace form in the derivation.