TY - JOUR T1 - Topological branes, p-algebras and generalized Nahm equations JF - Phys. Lett. B 672 (2009) 390-395 Y1 - 2009 A1 - Giulio Bonelli A1 - Alessandro Tanzini A1 - Maxim Zabzine AB - Inspired by the recent advances in multiple M2-brane theory, we consider the generalizations of Nahm equations for arbitrary p-algebras. We construct the topological p-algebra quantum mechanics associated to them and we show that this can be obtained as a truncation of the topological p-brane theory previously studied by the authors. The resulting topological p-algebra quantum mechanics is discussed in detail and the relation with the M2-M5 system is pointed out in the p=3 case, providing a geometrical argument for the emergence of the 3-algebra structure in the Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson theory UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/2702 U1 - 1398 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Mathematical Physics ER -