Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-12-28
Nucl.Phys.B745:1-28,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
35 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.02.039
In hep-th/0508024, noncritical M-theory for two-dimensional Type 0A and 0B strings was defined in terms of a double-scaled theory of nonrelativistic fermions in 2+1 dimensions. Here we study this noncritical M-theory at finite temperature. We derive the exact expression for the free energy of its vacuum solution, as a function of a coupling constant $g_M$ and the radius $R$ of the thermal circle. We show that at high temperature, the theory is effectively described by another M-theory solution, whose effective loop-counting coupling scales in a novel way characteristic of M-theory, as $T^3$. Our calculations further suggest that noncritical M-theory is dual to the closed string theory of the topological A-model on a Calabi-Yau, with the radius $R$ of the Euclidean time circle in M-theory playing the role of the string coupling constant of the A-model. In this correspondence, T-duality on the Euclidean time circle of noncritical M-theory implies an S-duality for the topological A-model.
Horava Petr
Keeler Cynthia A.
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