M theory on AdSpxS11-p and superconformal field theories

被引:70
作者
Aharony, O
Oz, Y
Yin, Z
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Inst Theoret Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Theoret Phys Grp, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00508-5
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the large N limit of the interacting superconformal field theories associated with N M5 branes or M2 branes using the recently proposed relation between these theories and M theory on AdS spaces. We first analyze the spectrum of chiral operators of the 6d (0,2) theory associated with M5 branes in flat space, and find full agreement with earlier results obtained using its DLCQ description as quantum mechanics on a moduli space of instantons. We then perform a similar analysis for the D-N type 6d (0,2) theories associated with M5 branes at an R-5/Z(2) singularity, and for the 3d N = 8 superconformal field theories associated with M2 branes in flat space and at an R-8/Z(2) singularity respectively. Little is known about these three theories, and our study yields for the first time their spectrum of chiral operators (in the large N limit). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:87 / 93
页数:7
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