The t-expansion is a nonperturbative calculational tool recently developed for Hamiltonian systems. A short review of the method is given. It is followed by a summary of applications to two dimensional spin systems and to four dimensional non-abelian lattice gauge theories. Invited talk presented at the ITP Workshop on Nuclear Chromodynamics Santa Barbara, California, August 12-23, 1985 * Work ...

We formulate boundary conditions for an open membrane that ends on the fivebrane of M-theory. We show that the dynamics of the eleven-dimensional fivebrane can be obtained from the quantization of a “small membrane” that is confined to a single fivebrane and which moves with the speed of light. This shows that the eleven-dimensional fivebrane has an interpretation as aD-brane of an open superme...

We study tree-level solutions to heterotic string theory in which the number of spacetime dimensions 10+n changes dynamically due to closed string tachyon condensation. Taking the large-n limit, we compute the amount by which the dilaton gradient Φ,X0 changes during the condensation process. At leading order in n we find that the change in the invariant magnitude of Φ,X0 compensates the change ...

Dapsone is recommended as a second line therapy in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), but is underused because of its potential side effects. The medical charts of 42 ITP patients treated with dapsone (100 mg/day) were retrospectively reviewed in order to assess its efficacy and safety in daily clinical practice. The overall response rate was 54.8% (n = 22, with a complete response in 38.1%) with a...

I discuss the symmetry structure of the N=2 supersymmetric extension of the Born-Infeld action in four dimensions, and confirm its interpretation as the Goldstone-Maxwell action associated with partial breaking of N=4 extended supersymmetry down to N=2, by revealing a hidden invariance of the action with respect to two non-linearly realized supersymmetries and two spontaneously broken translati...

We argue that the origin of non-perturbative corrections e−2πRnμ in the c = 1 matrix model is (1, n) D-branes of Zamolodchikovs. We confirm this identification comparing the flow of these corrections under the Sine–Liouville perturbation in the two approaches.

5-brane configurations describing 5d field theories are promoted to an M theory description à la Witten in terms of polynomials in two complex variables. The coefficients of the polynomials are the Coulomb branch. This picture resolves apparent singularities at vertices and reveals exponentially small corrections. These corrections ask to be compared to world line instanton corrections. From a ...

We consider Ward’s generalized self-duality equations for U(2r) Yang-Mills theory on R and their Moyal deformation under self-dual noncommutativity. Employing an extended ADHM construction we find two kinds of explicit solutions, which generalize the ’t Hooft and BPST instantons from R to noncommutative R. The BPST-type configurations appear to be new even in the commutative case.

This paper proposes the integrative theory of peace (ITP) and briefly outlines the education for peace curriculum (EFP) developed on the basis of this theory. ITP is based on the concept that peace is, at once, a psychological, social, political, ethical and spiritual state with its expressions in intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup, international, and global areas of human life. The theor...