p-branes from generalized Yang-Mills theory

Abstract:

We consider the reduced, quenched version of a generalized Yang-Mills action in 4k-dimensional spacetime. This is a new kind of matrix theory which is mapped through the Weyl-Wigner-Moyal correspondence into a field theory over a non-commutative phase space. We show that the 'classical' limit of this field theory is encoded into the effective action of an open, (4k - 1)-dimensional, bulk brane enclosed by a dynamical, Chern-Simons type, (4k - 2)-dimensional, boundary brane. The bulk action is a pure volume term, while the boundary action carries all the dynamical degrees of freedom.

Año de publicación:

2001

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