M2-brane dynamics in the classical limit of the BMN matrix model

Minos Axenides; Emmanuel Floratos; Georgios Linardopoulos

Physics Letters B (Oct 2017)

M2-brane dynamics in the classical limit of the BMN matrix model

Minos Axenides,
Emmanuel Floratos,
Georgios Linardopoulos

Affiliations

Minos Axenides: Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 153 10, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
Emmanuel Floratos: Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 153 10, Agia Paraskevi, Greece; Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 157 84, Athens, Greece
Georgios Linardopoulos: Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 153 10, Agia Paraskevi, Greece; Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 157 84, Athens, Greece; Corresponding author at: Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 153 10, Agia Paraskevi, Greece.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 773
pp. 265 – 270

Abstract

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We investigate the large-N limit of the BMN matrix model by analyzing the dynamics of ellipsoidal M2-branes that spin in the 11-dimensional maximally supersymmetric SO(3)×SO(6) plane-wave background. We identify finite-energy solutions by specifying the local minima of the corresponding energy functional. These configurations are static in SO(3) due to the Myers effect and rotate in SO(6) with an angular momentum that is bounded from above. As a first step towards studying their chaotic properties, we evaluate the Lyapunov exponents of their radial fluctuations. Keywords: BMN matrix model, Relativistic membranes

Published in Physics Letters B

ISSN: 0370-2693 (Print); 1873-2445 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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