Lectures on D-branes, Gauge Theory and M(atrices) *
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These notes give a pedagogical introduction to D-branes and Matrix theory. The development of the material is based on super Yang-Mills theory, which is the low-energy field theory describing multiple D-branes. The main goal of these notes is to describe physical properties of D-branes in the language of Yang-Mills theory, without recourse to string theory methods. This approach is motivated by the philosophy of Matrix theory, which asserts that all the physics of light-front M-theory can be described by an appropriate super Yang-Mills theory. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. D-branes and Super Yang-Mills Theory 3. D-branes and Duality (T-duality and S-duality in D-brane SYM theory) 4. Branes and Bundles (Constructing (p ± 2k)-branes from p-branes) 5. D-brane Interactions 6. M(atrix) theory: The Conjecture 7.
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