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Matrix Theory in a Constant C Field Background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

D0-branes moving in a constant antisymmetric C field are found to be described by quantum mechanics of the supersymmetric matrix model with a similarity transformation. Sometimes this similarity transformation is singular or ill-defined and cannot be ignored. As an example, when there are non-vanishing C_{-ij} components, we obtain the theory for Dp-branes which is effectively the noncommutative super Yang-Mills theory. We also briefly discuss the effects of other non-vanishing components such as C_{+ij} and C_{ijk}.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911153,
  title  = {Matrix Theory in a Constant C Field Background},
  author = {Chong-Sun Chu and Pei-Ming Ho and Miao Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911153},
  year   = {2009}
}

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harvmac, 17 pages, references added

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