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Matrix Theory Black Holes and the Gross Witten Transition
Large N gauge theories have so called Gross-Witten phase transitions which
typically can occur in finite volume systems. In this paper we relate these
transitions in supersymmetric gauge theories to transitions that take place
between black hole solutions in general relativity. The correspondence between
gauge theory and gravitation is through matrix theory which represents the
gravitational system in terms of super Yang Mills theories on finite tori. We
also discuss a related transition that was found by Banks, Fischler, Klebanov
and Susskind.Comment: 8 pages, phyzz
A Model of Mesons based on SB in the Light-Front Frame
Spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry is discussed in the light-cone
framework. The essential ingredient is an infinite number of constituents near
zero light-cone momentum. These high (light-cone) energy degrees of freedom
freeze out and leave behind some explicit symmetry breaking in the low
(light-cone) energy effective Hamiltonian. Connections with Regge theory and
soft pion theorems are discussed. Taking the order parameter to be the 4-th
component of a chiral 4-vector, the effect of the spontaneous symmetry breaking
on meson masses and decay width is calculated and compared with experimental
data.Comment: 10 pages, LATE
The Holographic Bound in Anti-de Sitter Space
The correspondence between string theory in Anti-de Sitter space and super
Yang Mills theory is an example of the Holographic principle according to which
a quantum theory with gravity must be describable by a boundary theory.
However, arguments given so far are incomplete because, while the bulk theory
has been related to a boundary theory, the holographic bound saying that the
boundary theory has only one bit of information per Planck area has not been
justified. We show here that this bound is the physical interpretation of one
of the unusual aspects of the correspondence between Anti-de Sitter space and
the boundary conformal field theory, which is that infrared effects in the bulk
theory are reflected as ultraviolet effects in the boundary theory.Comment: 10 pages, phyzz
Partons and Black Holes
A light-front renormalization group analysis is applied to study matter which
falls into massive black holes, and the related problem of matter with
transplankian energies. One finds that the rate of matter spreading over the
black hole's horizon unexpectedly saturates the causality bound. This is
related to the transverse growth behavior of transplankian particles as their
longitudinal momentum increases. This growth behavior suggests a natural
mechanism to impliment 'tHooft's scenario that the universe is an image of data
stored on a 2 + 1 dimensional hologram-like projection.Comment: 23 pages LaTeX + 10 figs. (epsf.sty needed for figs.). Based on
lectures given by L.S. at the `Theory of Hadrons and Light-front QCD'
workshop in Zakopane, Poland, August 199
Holography and Cosmology
A cosmological version of the holographic principle is proposed. Various
consequences are discussed including bounds on equation of state and the
requirement that the universe be infinite.Comment: uses phyzzx macros,7 pages typos corrected,minor change
Black Hole Entropy in Canonical Quantum Gravity and Superstring Theory
In this paper the entropy of an eternal Schwarzschild black hole is studied
in the limit of infinite black hole mass. The problem is addressed from the
point of view of both canonical quantum gravity and superstring theory. The
entropy per unit area of a free scalar field propagating in a fixed black hole
background is shown to be quadratically divergent near the horizon. It is shown
that such quantum corrections to the entropy per unit area are equivalent to
the quantum corrections to the gravitational coupling. Unlike field theory,
superstring theory provides a set of identifiable configurations which give
rise to the classical contribution to the entropy per unit area. These
configurations can be understood as open superstrings with both ends attached
to the horizon. The entropy per unit area is shown to be finite to all orders
in superstring perturbation theory. The importance of these conclusions to the
resolution of the problem of black hole information loss is reiterated.Comment: 30 pages (including figures). (Replaced with version to appear in
Physical Review D. Incorrect hep-th number fixed.) SU-ITP-94-
Black Holes, Interactions, and Strings
We give some examples in which neglecting the interactions between particles
or truncating the description of a black hole to the spherically symmetric mode
leads to unphysical results. The restoration of the interactions and higher
angular momentum modes resolves these problems. It is argued that mathematical
consistency of the description of black holes in the Schwarzschild coordinate
system requires that we neither truncate the theory nor ignore the
interactions. We present two hypotheses on how matter must behave under large
Lorentz boosts in order for black holes to be consistent with quantum
mechanics. Finally, we argue that string theory exhibits these properties. Talk
presented at the PASCOS meeting in Syracuse, New York, May 1994.Comment: SU-ITP-94-35, 18 pages plus 6 figures, phyzz
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking due to Confinement
Within the framework of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking, we consider an
electroweak symmetry breaking pattern in which there is no conventional
term. The pattern is made appealing through realizing it as low energy
effective description of a supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory which is of
confinement. Phenomenological implications are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, revtex, no figure, the discussion on effective
superpotential refine
Space/Time Non-Commutativity and Causality
Field theories based on non-commutative spacetimes exhibit very distinctive
nonlocal effects which mix the ultraviolet with the infrared in bizarre ways.
In particular if the time coordinate is involved in the non-commutativity the
theory seems to be seriously acausal and inconsistent with conventional
Hamiltonian evolution. To illustrate these effects we study the scattering of
wave packets in a field theory with space/time non-commutativity. In this
theory we find effects which seem to precede their causes and rigid rods which
grow instead of Lorentz contract as they are boosted. These field theories are
evidently inconsistent and violate causality and unitarity. On the other hand
open string theory in a background electric field is expected to exhibit
space/time non-commutativity. This raises the question of whether they also
lead to acausal behavior. We show that this is not the case. Stringy effects
conspire to cancel the acausal effects that are present for the non-commutative
field theory.Comment: New version replacing previous incorrect versio
Comments Concerning the CFT Description of Small Objects in AdS
In this paper we resolve a contradiction posed in a recent paper by Horowitz
and Hubeny. The contradiction concerns the way small objects in AdS space are
described in the holographic dual CFT description.Comment: 8 pages, no figure
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