Supermembranes with Winding
Bernard de Wit, Kasper Peeters, Jan Plefka
TL;DR
This paper investigates supermembranes in eleven dimensions with winding, showing how winding affects the mass spectrum and identifying BPS states with bounds set by winding numbers.
Contribution
It introduces the analysis of supermembranes with winding in eleven dimensions, highlighting the impact on the mass spectrum and central charges.
Findings
Winding leads to a continuous mass spectrum.
Lower mass bound is determined by winding number.
Winding states correspond to BPS states.
Abstract
We study supermembranes in the light-cone gauge in eleven flat dimensions with compact directions. The membrane states are subject to only the central charges associated with closed two-branes, which, in this case, are generated by the winding itself. We present arguments why this winding leaves the mass spectrum continuous. The lower bound on the mass spectrum is set by the winding number and corresponds to a BPS state.
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