Threshold and positive-energy bound states of the BFSS matrix model
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Proves that the undeformed relative SU(N) BFSS model has exactly one normalizable zero-energy state for every finite N ≥ 2, resolving the threshold-bound-state conjecture. For SU(2), a companion proves infinitely many normalizable positive-energy eigenstates with unbounded energies, contradicting the original BFSS paper's exclusion of additional bound states at N = 2.
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The unique threshold bound state of the SU(N) BFSS model
For every finite N ≥ 2, we prove that undeformed \mathop{SU}\nolimits (N) BFSS matrix quantum mechanics has exactly one normalizable zero-energy state after removing the center of mass. This establishes the threshold-bound-state conjecture.
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Positive eigenvalues of the relative SU(2) BFSS Hamiltonian
We prove that the relative \mathop{SU}\nolimits (2) BFSS Hamiltonian has infinitely many positive eigenvalues tending to infinity, with square-integrable eigenvectors. The operator is defined by closing the gauge-invariant supercharge form. This refutes, at N = 2, the exclusion of normalizable positive-energy states stated in…
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We prove that the relative \mathop{SU}\nolimits (2) BFSS Hamiltonian has infinitely many positive eigenvalues tending to infinity, with square-integrable eigenvectors. The operator is defined by closing the gauge-invariant supercharge form. This refutes, at N = 2, the exclusion of normalizable positive-energy states stated in the original BFSS paper.
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