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To gauge or not to gauge?

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Abstract

The D0 brane, or BFSS, matrix model is a quantum mechanical theory with an interesting gravity dual. We consider a variant of this model where we treat the SU(N) symmetry as a global symmetry, rather than as a gauge symmetry. This variant contains new non-singlet states. We consider the impact of these new states on its gravity dual. We argue that the gravity dual is essentially the same as the one for the original matrix model. The non-singlet states have higher energy at strong coupling and are therefore dynamically suppressed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number84
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2018

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).

Funding

We thank I. Klebanov and J. Polchinski for discussions. J.M. is supported in part by U.S. Department of Energy grant de-sc0009988 and the Simons Foundation grant 385600.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energyde-sc0009988
Simons Foundation385600

    Keywords

    • AdS-CFT Correspondence
    • D-branes
    • Gauge Symmetry
    • M(atrix) Theories

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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