Matrix Description of (1,0) Theories in Six Dimensions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel matrix-based approach to describe six-dimensional (1,0) supersymmetric theories without gravity, using large N limits of lower-dimensional gauge theories to explore phase transitions between different tensor multiplet configurations.

Contribution

It presents a new matrix description framework for (1,0) theories in six dimensions, enabling analysis of chirality-changing phase transitions.

Findings

Matrix descriptions successfully model phase transitions.

Large N limit provides a concrete framework for (1,0) theories.

Chirality-changing transitions are characterized within this approach.

Abstract

We propose descriptions of interacting (1,0) supersymmetric theories without gravity in six dimensions in the infinite momentum frame. They are based on the large N limit of quantum mechanics or 1+1 dimensional field theories with SO(N) gauge group and four supercharges. We argue that this formulation allows for a concrete description of the chirality-changing phase transitions which connect (1,0) theories with different numbers of tensor multiplets.