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Title:
M theory as a matrix model: A conjecture
Authors:
Banks, T.; Fischler, W.; Shenker, S. H.; Susskind, L.
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0849
Publication:
Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology), Volume 55, Issue 8, 15 April 1997, pp.5112-5128 (PhRvD Homepage)
Publication Date:
04/1997
Origin:
AIP; APS
PACS Keywords:
Nonperturbative techniques; string field theory, Supersymmetry
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 1997: The American Physical Society
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.5112
Bibliographic Code:
1997PhRvD..55.5112B

Abstract

We suggest and motivate a precise equivalence between uncompactified 11-dimensional M theory and the N=∞ limit of the supersymmetric matrix quantum mechanics describing D0 branes. The evidence for the conjecture consists of several correspondences between the two theories. As a consequence of supersymmetry the simple matrix model is rich enough to describe the properties of the entire Fock space of massless well separated particles of the supergravity theory. In one particular kinematic situation the leading large distance interaction of these particles is exactly described by supergravity. The model appears to be a nonperturbative realization of the holographic principle. The membrane states required by M theory are contained as excitations of the matrix model. The membrane world volume is a noncommutative geometry embedded in a noncommutative spacetime.
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