Abstract
Taking the N=2 strings as the starting point, we discuss the equivalent self-dual field theories and analyze their symmetry structure in 2 + 2 dimensions. Restoring the full 'Lorentz' invariance in the target space necessarily leads to an extension of the N=2 string theory to a theory of 2 + 2 dimensional supermembranes propagating in 2 + 10 dimensional target space. The supermembrane requires maximal conformal supersymmetry in 2 + 2 dimensions, in the way advocated by Siegel, and it leads to the self-dual N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory and the self-dual N=8 (gauged) supergravity in 2+2 dimensions. The N=2 strings now appear on equal footing with the other string models as particular limits of the M-theory.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 335-338 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |
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From N=2 strings to M-theory. / Ketov, S. V.
In: Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, Vol. 52, No. 1-2, 01.01.1997, p. 335-338.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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