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The higher U(1)-gauge field which is the EM-dual of the C3-field in 11-dimensional supergravity. Modeled by a circle 6-bundle with connection. Couples to the M5-brane.
Table of branes appearing in supergravity/string theory (for classification see at brane scan).
| brane | in supergravity | charged under gauge field | has worldvolume theory |
|---|
| black brane | supergravity | higher gauge field | SCFT |
| D-brane | type II | RR-field | super Yang-Mills theory |
| type IIA | | |
| D(-2)-brane | | | |
| D0-brane | | | BFSS matrix model |
| D2-brane | | | |
| D4-brane | | | D=5 super Yang-Mills theory with Khovanov homology observables |
| D6-brane | | | D=7 super Yang-Mills theory |
| D8-brane | | | |
| type IIB | | |
| D(-1)-brane | | | |
| D1-brane | | | 2d CFT with BH entropy |
| D3-brane | | | N=4 D=4 super Yang-Mills theory |
| D5-brane | | | |
| D7-brane | | | |
| D9-brane | | | |
| (p,q)-string | | | |
| (D25-brane) | (bosonic string theory) | | |
| NS-brane | type I, II, heterotic | circle n-connection | |
| string | | B2-field | 2d SCFT |
| NS5-brane | | B6-field | little string theory |
| D-brane for topological string | | | |
| A-brane | | | |
| B-brane | | | |
| M-brane | 11D SuGra/M-theory | circle n-connection | |
| M2-brane | | C3-field | ABJM theory, BLG model |
| M5-brane | | C6-field | 6d (2,0)-superconformal QFT |
| M9-brane/O9-plane | | | heterotic string theory |
| M-wave | | | |
| topological M2-brane | topological M-theory | C3-field on G₂-manifold | |
| topological M5-brane | | C6-field on G₂-manifold | |
| S-brane | | | |
SM2-brane, membrane instanton | | | |
| M5-brane instanton | | | |
| D3-brane instanton | | | |
| solitons on M5-brane | 6d (2,0)-superconformal QFT | | |
| self-dual string | | self-dual B-field | |
| 3-brane in 6d | | | |
Last revised on December 21, 2011 at 01:33:45.
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