M2-Branes And The (2,0) Superalgebra

TL;DR

This paper generalizes the six-dimensional (2,0) superalgebra to include a constant abelian 3-form, unifying descriptions of parallel M2-branes and M5-branes within a single framework.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized (2,0) system incorporating a constant abelian 3-form, connecting M2-branes and M5-branes in a unified model.

Findings

Reduces to M5-branes system when 3-form vanishes

Special 3-form choice yields M2-branes system

Provides a unified description of M2- and M5-branes

Abstract

We present a generalization of the six-dimensional (2,0) system of arXiv:1007.2982 to include a constant abelian 3-form. For vanishing 3-form this system is known to provide a variety descriptions of parallel M5-branes. For a particular choice of 3-form the system is shown to reduce to that of two M2-branes. Thus this generalised (2,0) system provides a unified description of two parallel M2-branes or M5-branes.