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Aspects of ALE matrix models and twisted matrix strings

David Berenstein, Richard Corrado, and Jacques Distler

  • Theory Group, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

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Phys. Rev. D 58, 026005 – Published 25 June, 1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.58.026005

Abstract

We examine several aspects of the formulation of M(atrix)-theory on ALE spaces. We argue for the existence of massless vector multiplets in the resolved An−1 spaces, as required by enhanced gauge symmetry in M-theory, and that these states might have the correct gravitational interactions. We propose a matrix model which describes M-theory on an ALE space in the presence of wrapped membranes. We also consider orbifold descriptions of matrix string theories, as well as more exotic orbifolds of these models, and present a classification of twisted matrix string theories according to Reid’s exact sequences of surface quotient singularities.

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Phys. Rev. D 58, 026005– Published 25 June, 1998
  • Received 20 January 1998

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