New M(atrix)-models for Commutative and Noncommutative Gauge Theories

Abstract

We propose a M(atrix) model for N=4 $SU(k)$ Super-Yang-Mills theory compactified on $T^4$. In this model it is possible to make $T^4$ noncommutative and it is easy to turn on all 6 components of the noncommutativity on $T^4$. The action of S-duality on the noncommutativity parameters is also manifest. The M(atrix)-model is given by the large $N$ limit of a $\sigma$-model on $T^2$ whose target space is the moduli space of $k$ SU(N) instantons on $T^3\times R$. We also propose that the $SU(k)$ 2+1D $Spin(8)$ theory (the low-energy description of $k$ M2-branes) on $T^3$ corresponds to the large $N$ limit of an integral over the latter instanton moduli space. The identification is based on the fact that Euclidean wrapped M2-branes in toroidally compactified M-theory correspond to instantons in the M(atrix)-model. In the new M(atrix) models, operators with nonzero momentum along $T^3$ (or $T^4$) correspond to insertions of Wilson lines along a 1-cycle that is determined by the momentum. Momentum is conserved in the large $N$ limit.

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