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  • noun physics, in supersymmetry A measure of the size of a brane

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world +‎ volume

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  • Matsuo can even derive the self-dual 3-form field strength in the M5-brane worldvolume as various objects in the 2+1-dimensional theory or their Hodge duals.

    The Reference Frame 2010

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