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Matrix description of intersecting M5 branes. (English) Zbl 0949.81034

Summary: Novel \(3+1\) dimensional \(N=2\) superconformal field theories (with tensionless BPS string solitons) are believed to arise when two sets of M5 branes intersect over a \(3+1\) dimensional hyperplane. We derive a DLCQ description of these theories as supersymmetric quantum mechanics on the Higgs branch of suitable 4d \(N=1\) supersymmetric gauge theories. Our formulation allows us to determine the scaling dimensions of certain chiral primary operators in the conformal field theories. We also discuss general criteria for quantum mechanical DLCQ descriptions of supersymmetric field theories (and the resulting multiplicites and scaling dimensions of chiral primary operators).

MSC:

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
81T60 Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics
81Q60 Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics
81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory