BFSS Matrix Model Cosmology: Progress and Challenges

Suddhasattwa Brahma; Robert Brandenberger; Samuel Laliberte

doi:10.3390/physics5010001

Physics (Dec 2022)

BFSS Matrix Model Cosmology: Progress and Challenges

Suddhasattwa Brahma,
Robert Brandenberger,
Samuel Laliberte

Affiliations

Suddhasattwa Brahma: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK
Robert Brandenberger: Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada
Samuel Laliberte: Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/physics5010001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

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We review a proposal to obtain an emergent metric space-time and an emergent early universe cosmology from the Banks–Fischler–Shenker–Susskind (BFSS) matrix model. Some challenges and directions for future research are outlined.

Published in Physics

ISSN: 2624-8174 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/physics

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