Formulation of Matrix Theory at Finite Temperature

TL;DR

This paper studies the interaction potential between static D0-branes at finite temperature within matrix and superstring theories, showing agreement at leading order and revealing a short-range attractive potential.

Contribution

It formulates matrix theory at finite temperature and compares its predictions with superstring theory, demonstrating consistency in the effective static potential.

Findings

Effective static potential is short-ranged and attractive.

Results agree between matrix and superstring theories at leading order.

The one-loop approximation is valid for these calculations.

Abstract

The interaction between static D0-branes at finite temperature is considered in the matrix theory and the superstring theory. The results agree in both cases to the leading order in the supersymmetry violation by temperature, where the one-loop approximation is reliable. The effective static potential is short-ranged and attractive. Talk at the 32nd International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Buckow, Germany, September 1-5, 1998.