Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Mathematical background
- Part II Quantum spaces and geometry
- Part III Noncommutative field theory and matrix models
- Part IV Matrix theory and gravity
- 11 Matrix theory: Maximally supersymmetric matrix models
- 12 Gravity as a quantum effect on quantum spacetime
- 13 Matrix quantum mechanics and the BFSS model
- Appendix A Gaussian integrals over matrix spaces
- Appendix B Some SO(D) group theory
- Appendix C Torsion identities
- Appendix D Some integrals
- Appendix E Functions on coadjoint orbits
- Appendix F Glossary and notations
- References and Further Reading
- Index
13 - Matrix quantum mechanics and the BFSS model
from Part IV - Matrix theory and gravity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Mathematical background
- Part II Quantum spaces and geometry
- Part III Noncommutative field theory and matrix models
- Part IV Matrix theory and gravity
- 11 Matrix theory: Maximally supersymmetric matrix models
- 12 Gravity as a quantum effect on quantum spacetime
- 13 Matrix quantum mechanics and the BFSS model
- Appendix A Gaussian integrals over matrix spaces
- Appendix B Some SO(D) group theory
- Appendix C Torsion identities
- Appendix D Some integrals
- Appendix E Functions on coadjoint orbits
- Appendix F Glossary and notations
- References and Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This final chapter provides a discussion of the BFSS matrix model, which defines the matrix quantum mechanics, providing another basis for Matrix theory. The relation between M-theory and the IKKT model is briefly discussed.
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- Quantum Geometry, Matrix Theory, and Gravity , pp. 363 - 371Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024