Derivation of the NS5-brane limit of the plane wave matrix model

2026/07/27 by Yuhma Asano, Goro Ishiki, Shinji Shimasaki
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Abstract

From the gauge/gravity duality, it was predicted that there exists a nontrivial double scaling limit of the plane wave matrix model (the BMN matrix model), which describes the type IIA little string theory (LST) on R× S⁵. We show on the gauge theory side that such a limit indeed exists for the partition function and in a certain 1/4 BPS sector of the matrix model, and consequently derive an eigenvalue integral, which is expected to describe the 1/4 BPS sector of LST.

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