On Matrix Models of M5-branes
Abstract
We compare the (0,2) theory of the single M5 brane decoupled from gravity in the lightcone with transverse R4, and a matrix model description in terms of quantum mechanics on instanton moduli space. We give some tests of the Matrix model in the case of multi fivebranes on R4. We extract constraints on the operator content of the field theory of the multi-fivebrane system by analyzing the Matrix model. We also begin a study of compactifications of the (0,2) theory in this framework, arguing that for large compactification scale the (0,2) theory is described by super-quantum mechanics on appropriate instanton moduli spaces.
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