TY - JOUR
T1 - Notes on matrix and micro strings
AU - Dijkgraaf, Robbert
AU - Verlinde, E.
AU - Verlinde, H.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the course of this work we benefited from useful discussions with L. Alvarez-Gaume, V. Balasubramanian, T. Banks, M. Becker, C. Callan, M. Douglas, E. Kiritsis, I. Klebanov, D. Kutasov, F. Larsen, J. Maldacena, L. Motl, E. Martinet, G. Moore, N. Seiberg, S. Shenker, E. Silverstein, A. Strominger, L. Susskind, W. Taylor, P. Townsend, E. Witten, and others. This research is partly supported by a Pionier Fellowship of NWO, a Fellowship of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (K.N.A.W.), the Packard Foundation and the A.P. Sloan Foundation.
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - We review some recent developments in the study of M-theory compactifications via Matrix theory. In particular we highlight the appearance of IIA strings and their interactions, and explain the unifying role of the M-theory five-brane for describing the spectrum of the T5 compactification and its duality symmetries. The 5+1-dimensional micro-string theory that lives on the fivebrane world-volume takes a central place in this presentation.
AB - We review some recent developments in the study of M-theory compactifications via Matrix theory. In particular we highlight the appearance of IIA strings and their interactions, and explain the unifying role of the M-theory five-brane for describing the spectrum of the T5 compactification and its duality symmetries. The 5+1-dimensional micro-string theory that lives on the fivebrane world-volume takes a central place in this presentation.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00138-8
DO - 10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00138-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032209506
SN - 0920-5632
VL - 68
SP - 28
EP - 54
JO - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
JF - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
IS - 1-3
ER -