Notes on Matrix and Micro Strings
Abstract
We review some recent developments in the study of M-theory compactifications via Matrix theory. In particular we highlight the appearance of IIA strings and their interactions, and explain the unifying role of the M-theory five-brane for describing the spectrum of the T^5 compactification and its duality symmetries. The 5+1-dimensional micro-string theory that lives on the fivebrane world-volume takes a central place in this presentation.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9709107,
title = {Notes on Matrix and Micro Strings},
author = {R. Dijkgraaf and E. Verlinde and H. Verlinde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9709107},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
27 pages, latex with espcrc2, 3 figures. References added. Some corrections at the end of section 10. Based on lectures given by H.V. at the APCTP Winter School held in Sokcho, Korea (Feb 1997) and joint lectures at Cargese Summer School (June 1997), as well as on talks given by H.V. at SUSY'97 (May 1997), and by R.D. and E.V. at STRINGS'97 (June 1997)