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Five-Dimensional Gauge Theories and Quantum Mechanical Matrix Models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v2

Abstract

We show how the Dijkgraaf-Vafa matrix model proposal can be extended to describe five-dimensional gauge theories compactified on a circle to four dimensions. This involves solving a certain quantum mechanical matrix model. We do this for the lift of the N=1* theory to five dimensions. We show that the resulting expression for the superpotential in the confining vacuum is identical with the elliptic superpotential approach based on Nekrasov's five-dimensional generalization of Seiberg-Witten theory involving the relativistic elliptic Calogero-Moser, or Ruijsenaars-Schneider, integrable system.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0302165,
  title  = {Five-Dimensional Gauge Theories and Quantum Mechanical Matrix Models},
  author = {Timothy J. Hollowood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0302165},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

11 pages, 2 figures, JHEP3.cls, important references added

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