Matrix String Theory from Brane Configuration

TL;DR

This paper constructs specific brane configurations in type IIA string theory that correspond to matrix string theories, providing a geometric approach to study their dynamics.

Contribution

It establishes a correspondence between brane setups and matrix string theories, enabling new geometric insights into their behavior.

Findings

Brane configurations are shown to be equivalent to matrix string theories.

The work provides a framework for analyzing matrix string dynamics through brane geometry.

It advances understanding of supersymmetric gauge theories in low dimensions.

Abstract

Configurations of fivebranes, twobranes and fourbranes in type IIA string theory, which give (1+1) dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories in the low energy limit, are constructed. It is shown that these brane configurations are equivalent to a certain class of matrix string theories. This opens up an avenue for the investigation of matrix string dynamics via the geometry of the brane configurations in type IIA string theory.