M-Theory as a Holographic Field Theory

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dc.creatorHorava, Petr
dc.date1997-12-13
dc.date1998-11-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:53:53Z
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dc.descriptionWe suggest that M-theory could be non-perturbatively equivalent to a local quantum field theory. More precisely, we present a ``renormalizable'' gauge theory in eleven dimensions, and show that it exhibits various properties expected of quantum M-theory, most notably the holographic principle of 't~Hooft and Susskind. The theory also satisfies Mach's principle: A macroscopically large space-time (and the inertia of low-energy excitations) is generated by a large number of ``partons'' in the microscopic theory. We argue that at low energies in large eleven dimensions, the theory should be effectively described by eleven-dimensional supergravity. This effective description breaks down at much lower energies than naively expected, precisely when the system saturates the Bekenstein bound on energy density. We show that the number of partons scales like the area of the surface surrounding the system, and discuss how this holographic reduction of degrees of freedom affects the cosmological constant problem. We propose the holographic field theory as a candidate for a covariant, non-perturbative formulation of quantum M-theory.
dc.description27 pp. v2: typos corrected; a small paragraph on naturalness of small cosmological constant in four dimensions added at end of sect 5.1; final version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9712130
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9712130
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D59:046004,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.046004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/185633
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleM-Theory as a Holographic Field Theory
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