Matrices on a point as the theory of everything
- 15 February 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 55 (4) , R1711-R1713
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.55.r1711
Abstract
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 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.Keywords
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