The M(atrix) model of M-theory

Washington Taylor (MIT)

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The M(atrix) model of M-theory

Washington Taylor (MIT)

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 2 Feb 2000

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The authors' main claim Generalizations of the model to compact and curved space-times are discussed, and the current status of the theory is reviewed.

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These lecture notes give a pedagogical and (mostly) self-contained review of some basic aspects of the Matrix model of M-theory. The derivations of the model as a regularized supermembrane theory and as the discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory are presented. The construction of M-theory objects from matrices is described, and gravitational interactions between these objects are derived using Yang-Mills perturbation theory. Generalizations of the model to compact and curved space-times are discussed, and the current status of the theory is reviewed.

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These lecture notes give a pedagogical and (mostly) self-contained review of some basic aspects of the Matrix model of M-theory. The derivations of the model as a regularized supermembrane theory and as the discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory are presented. The construction of M-theory objects from matrices is described, and gravitational interactions between these objects are derived using Yang-Mills perturbation theory. Generalizations of the model to compact and curved space-times are discussed, and the current status of the theory is reviewed.

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It is well known that the low-energy Lagrangian for a system of many type IIA D0-branes is the matrix quantum mechanics Lagrangian arising from the dimensional reduction to $0 + 1$ dimensions of the $10D$ super Yang-Mills Lagrangian, for review see for example [ref] .

Action for N D0-Branes Invariant Under Gauged Galilean Transformations · Introduction and Summary · 0.99
(Refs. [ref] are thorough reviews of the stringy side.) At finite temperature, this conjecture relates the large-$N$ limit of the (deconfined) $Q = 16$ system to a dual compactified 11-dimensional black hole geometry in M-theory, and fig:BFSS shows the dual black hole internal energy determined from lattice SYM QM computations.

Progress and prospects of lattice supersymmetry · Lower-dimensional systems · 0.99
Another contribution to this Special Topics issue will review this subject in more detail, and earlier reviews from string theory perspectives include Refs. [ref] .

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