Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-11-24
JHEP 9810:011,1998
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
28 Pages, Phyzzx Macro. Minor corrections
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/1998/10/011
Using U-duality, the properties of the matrix theories corresponding to the compactification of M-theory on $T^d$ are investigated. The couplings of the $d+1$ dimensional effective Super-Yang-Mills theory to all the M-theory moduli is deduced and the spectrum of BPS branes in the SYM gives the corresponding spectrum of the matrix theory.Known results are recovered for $d\le 5$ and predictions for $d>5$ are proposed. For $d>3$, the spectrum includes $d-4$ branes arising from YM instantons, and U-duality interchanges momentum modes with brane wrapping modes.For $d=6$, there is a generalised $\th $-angle which couples to instantonic 3-branes and which combines with the SYM coupling constant to take values in $SL(2,\R)/U(1)$, acted on by an $SL(2,\Z)$ subgroup of the U-duality group $E_6(\Z)$. For $d=4,7,8$, there is an $SL(d+1)$ symmetry, suggesting that the matrix theory could be a scale-invariant $d+2$ dimensional theory on $T^{d+1} \times \R$ in these cases, as is already known to be the case for $d=4$; evidence is found suggesting this happens for $d=8$ but not $d=7$.
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