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Plane-wave Matrix Theory from N=4 Super Yang-Mills on RxS^3

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Recently a mass deformation of the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills quantum mechanics has been constructed from the supermembrane action in eleven dimensional plane-wave backgrounds. However, the origin of this plane-wave matrix theory in terms of a compactification of a higher dimensional Super Yang-Mills model has remained obscure. In this paper we study the Kaluza-Klein reduction of D=4, N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory on a round three-sphere, and demonstrate that the plane-wave matrix theory arises through a consistent truncation to the lowest lying modes. We further explore the relation between the dilatation operator of the conformal field theory and the hamiltonian of the quantum mechanics through perturbative calculations up to two-loop order. In particular we find that the one-loop anomalous dimensions of pure scalar operators are completely captured by the plane-wave matrix theory. At two-loop level this property ceases to exist.

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hep-th 4

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2026 3 2025 1

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UNVERDICTED 4

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Two roads to fortuity in ABJM theory

hep-th · 2025-12-29 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Enumerates 244 fortuitous operators in ABJM theory and identifies a truncation matching the BMN subsector of N=4 SYM to lift an infinite tower of representatives.

Finite-$N$ BMN index across all vacuum sectors

hep-th · 2026-05-25 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Finite-N BMN index summed over all vacuum sectors for N≤9 reveals order-N² entropy growth that survives the sum and dominance switching from single- to double-partition sectors starting at N=5.

BPS Non-Renormalization in the BMN Matrix Model

hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Conjugation deformations preserve normalizability in the BMN matrix model, implying BPS states do not lift and their unsigned number is invariant except at the free and BFSS points.

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  • Two roads to fortuity in ABJM theory hep-th · 2025-12-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 57 · internal anchor

    Enumerates 244 fortuitous operators in ABJM theory and identifies a truncation matching the BMN subsector of N=4 SYM to lift an infinite tower of representatives.

  • Mass-Flow Invariance of $Q$-Cohomology in BMN Matrix Quantum Mechanics hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 7 · internal anchor

    Q-cohomology in BMN matrix QM is mass-flow invariant via a similarity transformation of the nilpotent supercharge component.

  • Finite-$N$ BMN index across all vacuum sectors hep-th · 2026-05-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · internal anchor

    Finite-N BMN index summed over all vacuum sectors for N≤9 reveals order-N² entropy growth that survives the sum and dominance switching from single- to double-partition sectors starting at N=5.

  • BPS Non-Renormalization in the BMN Matrix Model hep-th · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 42 · internal anchor

    Conjugation deformations preserve normalizability in the BMN matrix model, implying BPS states do not lift and their unsigned number is invariant except at the free and BFSS points.