Instantons and scattering in N=4 SYM in 4D

1999/12/22 by G. Bonelli, Giulio Bonelli, Bonelli, G. +7
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9912227

27 pages,Latex

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Abstract

We study classical solutions (ic-instantons) in N=4 SYM in 4D which, in the strong coupling limit, correspond to complex two-dimensional manifolds. Asymptotically in time the latter have boundaries represented by compact real three-manifolds. Therefore they lend themselves to an interpretation in terms of 3-brane scattering. We suggest that these solutions may represent scattering of D3-branes of type IIB theory in 10D. In particular we show that the world-volume theory on complex two-dimensional manifolds is the correct one for D3-branes.

Citations

• Lectures on D-branes
• Generalized action principle and superfield equations of motion for D = 10 Dp-branes
• On Euclidean spinors and Wick rotations
• String interactions from Matrix string theory
• Mtheory as a matrix model: A conjecture
• Matrix theory

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