1997/03/11 by Pei-Ming Ho, Yong-Shi Wu
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.57.2571
published as Phys.Rev. D57 (1998) 2571-2579 · Title truncation due to submission error fixed, and a paragraph on the BPS nature of the states identified in M(atrix) theory added. Also minor corrections of typos
arxiv created 1997/03/11 · openalex publication_date 1998/02/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper we study duality properties of the M(atrix) theory compactified on a circle. We present evidence for the equivalence of this theory to the strong coupling limit of type-IIB string theory compactified on a circle. In the M(atrix) theory context, our evidence for this duality consists of showing the appearance (upon compactification) of a topological term recently discovered in the D-string action, identifying the BPS states of type-IIB strings in the spectrum and finding the remnant symmetry of SL(2,Z) and the associated \ensuremathτ moduli. By this type-IIB-string--M-theory duality, a number of insights are gained into the physics of longitudinal membranes in the infinite momentum frame.