Matrices on a point as the theory of everything

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.R1711· OSTI ID:467505

Periwal, V ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)

It is shown that the world line can be eliminated in the matrix quantum mechanics conjectured by Banks, Fischler, Shenker, and Susskind to describe the light-cone physics of {ital M} theory. The resulting matrix model has a form that suggests origins in the reduction to a point of a Yang-Mills theory. The reduction of the Nishino-Sezgin (10+2)-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to a point gives a matrix model with the appropriate features: Lorentz invariance in 9+1 dimensions, supersymmetry, and the correct number of physical degrees of freedom. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 467505
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 55; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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