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In arXiv:1007.2982 a novel system of equations which propagate in one null and four space directions were obtained as the on-shell conditions for the six-dimensional (2, 0) superalgebra. In this paper we show how this system reduces to one-dimensional motion on instanton moduli space. Quantization leads to the previous light-cone proposal of the (2, 0) theory, generalized to include a potential that arises on the Coulomb branch as well as couplings to background gauge and self-dual two-form fields.
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ArXiv ePrint: 1109.6454
On leave of absence from King’s College London. (N. Lambert)
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Lambert, N., Richmond, P. (2, 0) supersymmetry and the light-cone description of M5-branes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 13 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2012)013
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