Gauge theory, geometry and the large-N limit

被引：42

作者：

Balasubramanian, V ^{[1
]}

Gopakumar, R

Larsen, F

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Lyman Lab Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[3] Univ Penn, David Rittenhouse Labs, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1998年 / 526卷 / 1-3期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00377-0

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

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摘要：

We study the relationship between M-theory on a nearly light-like circle and U(N) gauge theory in p + 1 dimensions. We define large-N limits of these theories in which low-energy supergravity is valid. The regularity of these limits implies an infinite series of non-renormalization theorems for the gauge theory effective action, and the leading large-N terms sum to a Born-InfeId form. Compatibility of two different large-N limits that describe the same decompactified M-theory leads to a conjecture for a relation between two limits of string theories. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B,V.

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页码：415 / 431

页数：17