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We present lagrangian gauge theories in 2+1 and 4+1 dimensions with 16 supersymmetries which are invariant under rotations and translations but not boosts. The on-shell conditions reduce the dynamics to motion on a moduli space of BPS states graded by a topologically conserved quantity. On each component of the moduli space only half the supersymmetry is realised. We argue that these theories describe M2-branes and M5-branes which have been infinitely boosted so that their worldvolume ‘time’ has become null.
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Lambert, N., Owen, M. Non-Lorentzian field theories with maximal supersymmetry and moduli space dynamics. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 133 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)133
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