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A supersymmetric non-Abelian self-dual gauge theory with the explicit introduction of Kaluza-Klein modes is proposed to give a classical description of multiple M5-branes on \( {\mathbb{R}}^5\times {S}^1 \). The gauge symmetry is parametrized by Lie-algebra valued 1-forms with the redundancy of a 0-form, and the supersymmetry transformations without gauge-fixing are given. We study BPS configurations involving KK modes, including M-waves and M2-branes with non-trivial distributions around the circle. Finally, this supersymmetric gauge theory of two-forms can be equipped with more general non-Abelian gerbes in five dimensions.
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Ho, PM., Matsuo, Y. Aspects of effective theory for multiple M5-branes compactified on circle. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 154 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2014)154
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