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Unitary matrix model for toroidal compactifications of M theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v2

Abstract

A unitary matrix model is proposed as the large-N matrix formulation of M theory on flat space with toroidal topology. The model reproduces the motion of elementary D-particles on the compact space, and admits membrane states with nonzero wrapping around nontrivial 2-tori even at finite N.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9703073,
  title  = {Unitary matrix model for toroidal compactifications of M theory},
  author = {Alexios P. Polychronakos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9703073},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

8 pages, phyzzx. Version to appear in Phys. Lett. B; contains an additional discussion on the motivation for the model and extra references

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