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We present a generalization of the six-dimensional (2, 0) system of arXiv:1007.2982 to include a constant abelian 3-form. For vanishing 3-form this system is known to provide a variety descriptions of parallel M5-branes. For a particular choice of 3-form the system is shown to reduce to that of two M2-branes. Thus this generalised (2, 0) system provides a unified description of two parallel M2-branes or M5-branes.
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Lambert, N., Sacco, D. M2-branes and the (2, 0) superalgebra. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 107 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2016)107
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