摘要

We consider the maximal super-Yang-Mills theory in 5 Euclidean dimensions with SO(5) R-symmetry and 16 supersymmetries. We argue that the strong coupling limit of this theory (with a possible UV completion) has an emergent time dimension and gives a description of the 5+1 dimensional Lorentz invariant (2, 0) theory of the M5-brane, compactified on a timelike circle with radius R = g(2)/4 pi(2). Our discussion involves issues of quantization of Euclidean theories without time.

  • 出版日期2014-6-3