Kappa-symmetric non-Abelian Born–Infeld actions in three dimensions

Abstract

A superembedding construction of general non-Abelian Born–Infeld actions in three dimensions is described. These actions have rigid target space and local worldvolume supersymmetry (i.e., kappa symmetry). The standard Abelian Born–Infeld gauge multiplet is augmented with an additional worldvolume SU(N) gauge supermultiplet. It is shown how to construct single-trace actions and in particular a kappa-supersymmetric extension of the symmetrized trace action.