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K-matrix model

Idea

A matrix model for D-brane (D-instanton) dynamics in string theory which takes the classification of D-brane charge in topological K-theory into acount (Asakawa-Sugimoto-Terashima 01)

Related concepts

matrix models for brane dynamics:

D-brane	matrix model
D0-brane	BFSS matrix model, BMN matrix model
D(-1)-brane	IKKT matrix model
D4-brane	nuclear matrix model

M-brane	matrix model
D2-brane	membrane matrix model

See also:

• K-matrix model

References

• T. Asakawa, S. Sugimoto, S. Terashima, D-branes, Matrix Theory and K-homology, JHEP 0203 (2002) 034 (arXiv:hep-th/0108085)