Large gauge transformations in \(\mathbf M\)-theory

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(03)00027-5zbMath1029.81057arXivhep-th/0212081OpenAlexW3098844036MaRDI QIDQ1410301

Kellogg S. Stelle, Jussi Kalkkinen

Publication date: 14 October 2003

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0212081

zbMATH Keywords

Supergravityworldvolume\(\mathbf M\)-branesHopf-Wess-Zumino termM-branemanifestly gauge invariantNonperturbative string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16)

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