Topological symmetry, background independence and matrix models

DOI10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00160-XMaRDI QIDQ1610025zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Ichiro Oda

Publication date 18 August 2002

Published in Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806096

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-brane solutionsspace-time uncertainty principletopological Chern-Simons and BF theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We illustrate a physical situation in which topological symmetry, its breakdown, space-time uncertainty principle, and background independence may play an important role in constructing and understanding matrix models. First, we show that the space-time uncertainty principle of string may be understood as a manifestation of the breakdown of the topological symmetry in the large $N$ matrix model. Next, we construct a new type of matrix models which is a matrix model analog of the topological Chern-Simons and BF theories. It is of interest that these topological matrix models are not only completely independent of the background metric but also have nontrivial "p-brane" solutions as well as commuting classical space-time as the classical solutions. In this paper, we would like to point out some elementary and unsolved problems associated to the matrix models, whose resolution would lead to the more satisfying matrix model in future.

Recommendations

• Background independent matrix models
• Supersymmetric IIB matrix models from space-time uncertainty principle and topological symmetry
• Matrix models and topological strings
• The topological matrix model of the \(c=1\) string
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 88823

Cites work

• A large-N reduced model as superstring
• Exactly soluble diffeomorphism invariant theories
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4115525 (Why is no real title available?)
• Infinite-dimensional algebras and a trigonometric basis for the classical Lie algebras
• The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional and Ray-Singer invariants
• Topological gauge theories of antisymmetric tensor fields
• Topological quantum field theory

Cited in

(3)

• Supersymmetric IIB matrix models from space-time uncertainty principle and topological symmetry
• A note on quantization of matrix models
• Background independent matrix models

This page was built for publication: Topological symmetry, background independence and matrix models

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1610025)