Supersymmetrie gauge theory;
Solitons Monopoles and Instantons;
Nonperturbative Effects;
M-Theory;
D O I:
10.1007/JHEP06(2013)082
中图分类号:
O412 [相对论、场论];
O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号:
摘要:
We study monopole-instanons in M2-brane theories, focussing on the ABJM class of Chern-Simons gauge theories coupled to matter. We calculate explicitly the 8-fermion term in the effective action induced by these monopole-instantons, and discuss their role in resolving a classical singularity in the moduli space. The results are compared with monopole-instantons in N-8 3d SYM and D-brane theories, as well the dual supergravity description as a membrane scattering process.