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N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories, M2-branes and their gravity duals | | Ofer Aharony
; Oren Bergman
; Daniel Louis Jafferis
; Juan Maldacena
; | | Date: |
8 Jun 2008 | | Abstract: | We construct three dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories with gauge groups
U(N)xU(N) and SU(N)xSU(N) which have explicit N=6 superconformal symmetry.
Using brane constructions we argue that the U(N)xU(N) theory at level k
describes the low energy limit of N M2-branes probing a C^4/Z_k singularity. At
large N the theory is then dual to M theory on AdS_4xS^7/Z_k. The theory also
has a ’t Hooft limit (of large N with a fixed ratio N/k) which is dual to type
IIA string theory on AdS_4xCP^3. For k=1 the theory is conjectured to describe
N M2-branes in flat space, although our construction realizes explicitly only
six of the eight supersymmetries. We give some evidence for this conjecture,
which is similar to the evidence for mirror symmetry in d=3 gauge theories.
When the gauge group is SU(2)xSU(2) our theory has extra symmetries and becomes
identical to the Bagger-Lambert theory. | | Source: | arXiv, 0806.1218 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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