# Matrix Regularization of an Open Supermembrane ---towards M-theory five-branes via open supermembranes ---

Source: [Matrix Regularization of an Open Supermembrane ---towards M-theory five-branes via open supermembranes ---](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa24772c2a3760193a4872>)

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Authors: K. Ezawa, Y. Matsuo, K. Murakami

Published: 1997-07-24T02:40:49.000Z

## Abstract

We study open supermembranes in 11 dimensional rigid superspace with 6 dimensional topological defects (M-theory five-branes). After rederiving in the Green-Schwarz formalism the boundary conditions for open superstrings in the type IIA theory, we determine the boundary conditions for open supermembranes by imposing kappa symmetry and invariance under a fraction of 11 dimensional supersymmetry. The result seems to imply the self-duality of the three-form field strength on the five-brane world volume. We show that the light-cone gauge formulation is regularized by a dimensional reduction of a 6 dimensional N=1 super Yang-Mills theory with the gauge group SO(N\\to\\infty). We also analyze the SUSY algebra and BPS states in the light-cone gauge.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9707200>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9707200.pdf>)