The M(atrix) model of M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
These lecture notes give a pedagogical and (mostly) self-contained review of some basic aspects of the Matrix model of M-theory. The derivations of the model as a regularized supermembrane theory and as the discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory are presented. The construction of M-theory objects from matrices is described, and gravitational interactions between these objects are derived using Yang-Mills perturbation theory. Generalizations of the model to compact and curved space-times are discussed, and the current status of the theory is reviewed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0002016,
title = {The M(atrix) model of M-theory},
author = {Washington Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0002016},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
80 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX; Lectures for NATO school "Quantum Geometry", Iceland 1999; v2: references added