Duality symmetry of script N = 4 Yang-Mills theory on T3

Feike Hacquebord; Herman Verlinde

doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00608-1

Duality symmetry of script N = 4 Yang-Mills theory on T³

Feike Hacquebord, Herman Verlinde

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Abstract

We study the spectrum of BPS states in script N = 4 supersymmetric U(N) Yang-Mills theory. This theory has been proposed to describe M-theory on T³ in the discrete light-cone formalism. We find that the degeneracy of irreducible BPS bound states in this model exhibits a (partially hidden) SL(5,ℤ) duality symmetry. Besides the electro-magnetic symmetry, this duality group also contains Nahm-like transformations that interchange the rank N of the gauge group with some of the magnetic or electric fluxes. In the M-theory interpretation, this mapping amounts to a reflection that interchanges the longitudinal direction with one of the transverse directions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	609-622
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nuclear Physics B
Volume	508
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00608-1
State	Published - Dec 29 1997
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

BPS spectrum
Matrix theory
Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

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