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Absence of Zero Energy States in the Simplest d=3 (d=5?) Matrix Models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The method introduced in [hep-th/9805020] is simplified, and used to calculate the asymptotic form of all SU(2) \times SO(d=3, resp. 5) invariant wave functions satisfying Qβ^Ψ=0,β^=1...4Q_{\hat{\beta}} \Psi = 0, \hat{\beta} = 1 ... 4 resp. 8, where Qβ^Q_{\hat{\beta}} are the supercharges of the SU(2) matrix model related to supermembranes in d+2=5 (resp. 7) space-time dimensions. For d=3, there exist 2 asymptotic solutions, both of which are constant (hence non-normalizable) in the flat directions, confirming previous arguments that gauge-invariant zero energy states should not exist for d<9. For d=5, however, out of 4 asymptotic singlet solutions (3 with orbital angular momentum l=0l=0, one having l=1l=1) the one with l=1l=1 does fall off fast enough to be asymptotically normalizable, hence requiring further analysis to be excluded as being extendable to a global solution.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806152,
  title  = {Absence of Zero Energy States in the Simplest d=3 (d=5?) Matrix Models},
  author = {Jens Hoppe and Shing-Tung Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806152},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, LaTex file