Aspects of Supersymmetry in Multiple Membrane Theories

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This thesis consists of two parts.

• In the first part we investigate the worldvolume supersymmetry algebra of multiple membrane theories.
• We begin with a description of M-theory branes and their intersections from the perspective of spacetime and worldvolume supersymmetry algebras.
• We then provide an overview of the recent work on multiple M2-branes focusing on the Bagger-Lambert theory and its relation to the Nambu-Poisson M5-brane and the ABJM theory.