TWISTOR-LIKE FORMULATION OF THE SUPERMEMBRANE IN D = 11

Authors
PASTI P TONIN M
Citation
P. Pasti et M. Tonin, TWISTOR-LIKE FORMULATION OF THE SUPERMEMBRANE IN D = 11, Nuclear physics. B, 418(1-2), 1994, pp. 337-349
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
418
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
337 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1994)418:1-2<337:TFOTSI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We propose a new formulation of the D = 11 supermembrane theory that i nvolves commuting spinors (twistor-like variables) and exhibits a mani fest n-extended world-volume supersymmetry (3 less-than-or-equal-to n less-than-or-equal-to 8). This supersymmetry replaces n components of the usual kappa-symmetry. We argument that, at least for n = 8, this f ormulation is classically equivalent to the standard one.