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Some aspects of the geometry of superembeddings and its application to supersymmetric extended objects are discussed. In particular, the embeddings of the (3|16) and (6|16) dimensional superspaces into (11|32) dimensional superspace, corresponding to the supermembrane and superfivebrane in eleven dimensions, are treated in some detail.
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Howe, P.S., Sezgin, E., West, P.C. (1998). Aspects of superembeddings. In: Wess, J., Akulov, V.P. (eds) Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 509. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105230
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