Higgsing M2 to D2 with gravity: N = 6 chiral supergravity from topologically gauged ABJM theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chu, Xiaoyong ^a   Nastase, Horatiu ^b   Nilsson, Bengt E W ^c   Papageorgakis, Constantinos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chern simons theories; D branes; M Theory; Supergravity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053104484     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)040     Document Type: Article

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