Notes on branes in matrix theory
- Creators
- Keski-Vakkuri, Esko
- Kraus, Per
Abstract
We study the effective actions of various brane configurations in Matrix theory. Starting from the 0 + 1-dimensional quantum mechanics, we replace coordinate matrices by covariant derivatives in the large N limit, thereby obtaining effective field theories on the brane world-volumes. Even for non-compact branes, these effective theories are of Yang-Mills type, with constant background magnetic fields. In the case of a D2-brane, we show explicitly how the effective action equals the large magnetic field limit of the Born-Infeld action, and thus derive from Matrix theory the action used by Polchinski and Pouliot to compute M-momentum transfer between membranes. We also consider the effect of compactifying transverse directions. Finally, we analyze a scattering process involving a recently proposed background representing a classically stable D6 + D0 brane configuration. We compute the potential between this configuration and a D0-brane, and show that the result agrees with supergravity.
Additional Information
© 1998 Elsevier B.V. Received 28 July 1997, Accepted 22 September 1997. Work supported in part by a DOE grant DE-FG03-92-ER40701. Work supported in part by a DOE grant DE-FG03-92-ER40701 and by a DuBridge Fellowship.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 80497
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20170816-141422135
- DE-FG03-92-ER40701
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Lee A. DuBridge Foundation
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