1997/10/28 by Bernard de Wit, Kasper Peeters, Jan Plefka +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(98)00154-6
published as Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 68 (1998) 206-215 · Contribution to the proc. Strings '97, 10 pages, LaTeX, uses espcrc2
arxiv created 1997/10/28 · openalex publication_date 1998/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Motivated by manifest Lorentz symmetry and a well-defined large-N limit prescription, we study the supersymmetric quantum mechanics proposed as a model for the collective dynamics of D0-branes from the point of view of the 11-dimensional supermembrane. We argue that the continuity of the spectrum persists irrespective of the presence of winding around compact target-space directions and discuss the central charges in the superalgebra arising from winding membrane configurations. Along the way we comment on the structure of open supermembranes.