Quantum State Density and Critical Temperature in M-theory
Abstract
We discuss the asymptotic properties of quantum states density for fundamental branes which can yield a microscopic interpretation of the thermodynamic quantities in M-theory. The matching of BPS part of spectrum for superstring and supermembrane gives the possibility of getting membrane's results via string calculations. In the weak coupling limit of M-theory the critical behavior coincides with the first order phase transition in standard string theory at temperature less than the Hagedorn's temperature . The critical temperature at large coupling constant is computed by considering M-theory on manifold with topology . Alternatively we argue that any finite temperature can be introduced in the framework of membrane thermodynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0301239,
title = {Quantum State Density and Critical Temperature in M-theory},
author = {M. C. B. Abdalla and A. A. Bytsenko and B. M. Pimentel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0301239},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, published in Mod. Phys. Lett. A16(2001)2249