Wilson lines and T-duality in heterotic M(atrix) theory

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00605-6zbMATH Open0925.81284arXivhep-th/9707099OpenAlexW3098929787MaRDI QIDQ1374331FDOQ1374331

Daniel Kabat, Soo-Jong Rey

Publication date: 2 December 1997

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

Abstract: We study the M(atrix) theory which describes the $E_{8}imes{E}_8$ heterotic string compactified on $S^1$, or equivalently M-theory compactified on an orbifold $(S^1/intege{r}_2)imes{S}^1$, in the presence of a Wilson line. We formulate the corresponding M(atrix) gauge theory, which lives on a dual orbifold $S^{1}imes(S^1/intege{r}_2)$. Thirty-two real chiral fermions must be introduced to cancel gauge anomalies. In the absence of an $E_{8}imes{E}_8$ Wilson line, these fermions are symmetrically localized on the orbifold boundaries. Turning on the Wilson line moves these fermions into the interior of the orbifold. The M(atrix) theory action is uniquely determined by gauge and supersymmetry anomaly cancellation in 2+1 dimensions. The action consistently incorporates the massive IIA supergravity background into M(atrix) theory by explicitly breaking (2+1)-dimensional Poincare invariance. The BPS excitations of M(atrix) theory are identified and compared to the heterotic string. We find that heterotic T-duality is realized as electric-magnetic S-duality in M(atrix) theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9707099

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zbMATH Keywords

Bogomolnyi Prasad Sommerfield excitationsBPS excitationscompactified heterotic stringdual orbifoldheterotic T-dualityM-gauge theoryorbifold boundariesPoincare invariance breakingreal chiral fermions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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