TASI lectures on Matrix Theory from a modern viewpoint
Abstract
These notes review the D0-brane or Banks-Fischler-Shenker-Susskind (BFSS) matrix quantum mechanics from a post-AdS/CFT perspective. We start from the decoupling argument for D0-branes and discuss the gravity dual in the 't Hooft regime, before extrapolating to strong coupling. In the second part of these notes, we review the matrix bootstrap method and its application to the D0-brane quantum mechanics.
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