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Point-Like Graviton Scattering in Plane-Wave Matrix Model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

In a plane-wave matrix model we discuss a two-body scattering of gravitons in the SO(3) symmetric space. In this case the graviton solutions are point-like in contrast to the scattering in the SO(6) symmetric space where spherical membranes are interpreted as gravitons. We concentrate on a configuration in the 1-2 plane where a graviton rotates with a constant radius and the other one elliptically rotates. Then the one-loop effective action is computed by using the background field method. As the result, we obtain the 1/r^7-type interaction potential, which strongly suggests that the scattering in the matrix model would be closely related to that in the light-front eleven-dimensional supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0511072,
  title  = {Point-Like Graviton Scattering in Plane-Wave Matrix Model},
  author = {Hyeonjoon Shin and Kentaroh Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0511072},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX, v2) references added

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