Matrix theory and heterotic strings on tori

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00509-9zbMATH Open0925.81260arXivhep-th/9705055MaRDI QIDQ1371577FDOQ1371577

Authors: Petr Hořava 

Publication date: 29 October 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider compactifications of the matrix model of M-theory on $S^1/Z_{2}imes{T}^d$ for $d>0$, and interpret them as orbifolds of the supersymmetric U(N) Yang-Mills theory on $Rimes{T}^{d+1}$. The orbifold group acts both on the gauge group and on the $T^{d+1}$, reduces the gauge group to O(N) over 1+1 dimensional fixed-point submanifolds, and breaks half of the supersymmetry. We clarify some puzzling aspects of the gauge anomaly cancellation in the presence of space-time Wilson lines; in general, the Yang-Mills theory requires certain Chern-Simons couplings to supergravity background fields. We discuss the possibility that D8-branes are present as certain matrix configurations in the Yang-Mills theory, and the fundamental fermions emerge as zero modes. Finally, we point out that the correspondence between matrix theory and string theory suggests the existence of a multitude of non-trivial RG fixed points and dualities in orbifold Yang-Mills theories with eight supercharges in various dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705055

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zbMATH Keywords

M-theorycompactificationsChern Simons couplingsfixed point submanifoldsmatrix configurationsnontrivial RG fixed pointsorbifold Yang Mills theoriesSUSY U(N) Yang Mills theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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