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Intersecting Branes in Matrix Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v3

Abstract

We construct BPS states in the matrix description of M-theory. Starting from a set of basic M-theory branes, we study pair intersections which preserve supersymmetry. The fractions of the maximal supersymmetry obtained in this way are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 3/16 and 1/16. In explicit examples we establish that the matrix BPS states correspond to (intersecting) brane configurations that are obtained from the d=11 supersymmetry algebra. This correspondence for the 1/2 supersymmetric branes includes the precise relations between the charges.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9711160,
  title  = {Intersecting Branes in Matrix Theory},
  author = {M. de Roo and S. Panda and J. P. van der Schaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9711160},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, LaTeX, no figures, minor changes, shortened version to be published in Physics Letters B