Enhanced Gauge Symmetry in M(atrix) Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-11-19 v1
Abstract
We discuss the origin of enhanced gauge symmetry in ALE (and K3) compactification of M theory, either defined as the strong coupling limit of the type IIa superstring, or as defined by Banks et al. In the D-brane formalism, wrapped membranes are D0 branes with twisted string boundary conditions, and appear on the same footing with the Kaluza-Klein excitations of the gauge bosons. In M(atrix) theory, the construction appears to work for arbitrary ALE metric.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9612126,
title = {Enhanced Gauge Symmetry in M(atrix) Theory},
author = {Michael R. Douglas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9612126},
year = {2010}
}
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10 pp, harvmac