2010/12/02 by Neil B. Copland, Copland, Neil B.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.0459
31 pages. Based on lectures given at the Sixth Modave School on Mathematical Physics (August 2010)
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These lecture notes introduce the multiple membrane theories known as BLG and ABJM. We assume the reader is familiar with string theory, but not with M-theory, 11-dimensional supergravity or membranes. We therefore start with a background on M-theory and its extended objects before discussing BLG and ABJM. The link to string theory via dimensional reduction will be maintained throughout.