The B-model on the A-model NS5-brane
Journal article, 2008

We formulate the dynamics for the NS5-brane of the A-model, via the 'maximal form' method, which couples all background fields to the world-volume. This procedure provides the extra one- and five-forms fields of the extended Hitchin model. The generalised B-model emerges as the world-volume theory of this brane. The starting point of the construction is an embedding of the brane in a superspace geometry with 16 fermionic directions. The correspondence with Hitchin's formulation in terms of pure spinors is explained.

Author

Viktor Bengtsson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Mathematical Physics

Martin Cederwall

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Mathematical Physics

arXiv.org/abs/0805.1782

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