Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-10-13
Nucl.Phys. B512 (1998) 460-484
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
28 pages, Latex2e
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00762-1
We present a study of M(atrix) theory from a purely canonical viewpoint. In particular, we identify free particle asymptotic states of the model corresponding to the supergraviton multiplet of eleven dimensional supergravity. These states have a natural interpretation as excitations in the flat directions of the matrix model potential. Furthermore, we provide the split of the matrix model Hamiltonian into a free part describing the free propagation of these particle states along with the interaction Hamiltonian describing their interactions. Elementary quantum mechanical perturbation theory then yields an effective potential for these particles as an expansion in their inverse separation. Remarkably we find that the leading velocity independent terms of the effective potential cancel in agreement with the fact that there is no force between stationary D0 branes. The scheme we present provides a framework in which one can perturbatively compute the M(atrix) theory result for the eleven dimensional supergraviton S matrix.
Plefka Jan
Waldron Andrew
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