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In physics, matrix string theory is a set of equations that describe superstring theory in a non-perturbative framework. Type IIA string theory can be shown to be equivalent to a maximally supersymmetric two-dimensional gauge theory, the gauge group of which is U(N) for a large value of N. This matrix string theory was first proposed by Luboš Motl in 1997[1] and later independently in a more complete paper by Robbert Dijkgraaf, Erik Verlinde, and Herman Verlinde.[2] Another matrix string theory equivalent to Type IIB string theory was constructed in 1996 by Ishibashi, Kawai, Kitazawa and Tsuchiya.[3]
See also

Matrix theory (physics)

References

L. Motl, "Proposals on nonperturbative superstring interactions".arXiv:hep-th/9701025.
R. Dijkgraaf, E. Verlinde, H. Verlinde, "Matrix String Theory", Nucl. Phys. B 500, p. 43 (1997)arXiv:hep-th/9703030.

N. Ishibashi, H. Kawai, Y.Kitazawa, A. Tsuchiya, "A large-N reduced model as superstriing", Nucl. Phys. B 498 p. 467 (1997)arXiv:hep-th/961211517521.

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String theory
Background

Strings History of string theory
First superstring revolution Second superstring revolution String theory landscape


Calabi-Yau-alternate

Theory

Nambu–Goto action Polyakov action Bosonic string theory Superstring theory
Type I string Type II string
Type IIA string Type IIB string Heterotic string N=2 superstring F-theory String field theory Matrix string theory Non-critical string theory Non-linear sigma model Tachyon condensation RNS formalism GS formalism

String duality

T-duality S-duality U-duality Montonen–Olive duality

Particles and fields

Graviton Dilaton Tachyon Ramond–Ramond field Kalb–Ramond field Magnetic monopole Dual graviton Dual photon

Branes

D-brane NS5-brane M2-brane M5-brane S-brane Black brane Black holes Black string Brane cosmology Quiver diagram Hanany–Witten transition

Conformal field theory

Virasoro algebra Mirror symmetry Conformal anomaly Conformal algebra Superconformal algebra Vertex operator algebra Loop algebra Kac–Moody algebra Wess–Zumino–Witten model

Gauge theory

Anomalies Instantons Chern–Simons form Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound Exceptional Lie groups (G2, F4, E6, E7, E8) ADE classification Dirac string p-form electrodynamics

Geometry

Kaluza–Klein theory Compactification Why 10 dimensions? Kähler manifold Ricci-flat manifold
Calabi–Yau manifold Hyperkähler manifold
K3 surface G2 manifold Spin(7)-manifold Generalized complex manifold Orbifold Conifold Orientifold Moduli space Hořava–Witten domain wall K-theory (physics) Twisted K-theory

Supersymmetry

Supergravity Superspace Lie superalgebra Lie supergroup

Holography

Holographic principle AdS/CFT correspondence

M-theory

Matrix theory Introduction to M-theory

String theorists

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