Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-04-13
Nucl.Phys.B505:307-318,1997
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LaTex, 15pages, no figure
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00486-0
We consider the Witten index ${\cal I}= Tr (-1)^F$ of SU(2) Super-Yang-Mills quantum mechanics (SYMQ) with N=16, 8, 4 supersymmetries. The theory governs the interactions between a pair of D-branes under various circumstances, and our goal is to count the number of the threshold bound states directly from the low-energy effective theory. The string theory and M theory have predicted that ${\cal I}=1$ for N=16, which in fact forms an underlying hypothesis of the M(atrix) theory formulation. Also the consistency of conifold transitions in type II theories is known to require ${\cal I}=0$ for N=8 and 4. Here, the bulk contribution to ${\cal I}$ is computed explicitly, and for N=16, 8, 4, found to be 5/4, 1/4, 1/4 respectively, suggesting a common defect contribution of -1/4. We illustrate how the defect term of -1/4 may arise in the SU(2) SYMQ by considering the effective dynamics along the asymptotic region.
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