105 research outputs found
Non-commutativity and Open Strings Dynamics in Melvin Universes
We compute the Moyal phase factor for open strings ending on D3-branes
wrapping a NSNS Melvin universe in a decoupling limit explicitly using world
sheet formalism in cylindrical coordinates.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure, references adde
Aspects of Puff Field Theory
We describe some features of the recently constructed "Puff Field Theory,"
and present arguments in favor of it being a field theory decoupled from
gravity. We construct its supergravity dual and calculate the entropy of this
theory in the limit of large 't Hooft coupling. We also determine the leading
irrelevant operator that governs its deviation from N=4 super Yang-Mills
theory.Comment: 31 pages, 1 figur
Supergravity Solution of Intersecting Branes and AdS/CFT with Flavor
We construct the supergravity solution for fully localized D2/D6
intersection. The near horizon limit of this solution is the supergravity dual
of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions with flavor. We use this
solution to formulate mirror symmetry of 2+1 dimensional gauge theories in the
language of AdS/CFT correspondence. We also construct the supergravity dual of
a non-commutative gauge theory with fundamental matter.Comment: 17 Pages, 2 figures, references added. Minor corrections to eqs (5.3)
and (5.4
Non-commutative gauge theory on D-branes in Melvin Universes
Non-commutative gauge theory with a non-constant non-commutativity parameter
can be formulated as a decoupling limit of open strings ending on D3-branes
wrapping a Melvin universe. We construct the action explicitly and discuss
various physical features of this theory. The decoupled field theory is not
supersymmetric. Nonetheless, the Coulomb branch appears to remain flat at least
in the large N and large 't Hooft coupling limit. We also find the analogue of
Prasad-Sommerfield monopoles whose size scales with the non-commutativity
parameter and is therefore position dependent.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure, reference adde
Holographic description of D3-branes in flat space
We describe a scheme for constructing the holographic dual of the full
D3-brane geometry with charge by embedding it into a large anti-de Sitter
space of size . Such a geometry is realized in a multi-center anti-de Sitter
geometry which admits a simple field theory interpretation as gauge
theory broken to . We find that the characteristic size of
the D3-brane geometry is of order where is the scale of
the Higgs. By choosing to be much larger than , the scale of the
D3-brane metric can be well separated from the Higgs scale in the radial
coordinate. We generalize the holographic energy-distance relation and estimate
the characteristic energy scale associated with these radial scales, and find
that the relation becomes effectively independent in the range
. This implies that all detailed structure of the
D3-brane geometry is encoded in the fine structure of the boundary gauge theory
at around the Higgs scale.Comment: 8 pages, 1 eps figur
Recommended from our members
Negative regulation of the SH2-homology-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase-1 (Shp-1) P2 promoter by the HTLV-1 tax oncoprotein
The Shape of Branes Pulled by Strings
We examine the system where a string stretches between pair of D-branes, and
study the bending of the D-brane caused by the tension of the string. If the
distance between the pair of D-branes is sent to infinity, the tension of the
string stretching between them is strong enough to pull the spike all the way
to infinity. We study the shape of these spikes when the branes are finite
distance apart using two different methods. First, we consider a string
stretched between a pair of D2-branes in type IIA theory by going to the
M-theory limit in which all of these branes are M-theory 2-branes embedded
along a holomorphic curve. Second, we consider a D-string stretched between a
pair of D3-branes in type IIB theory and infer the geometry of the D3-brane
embeddings from the configuration of the adjoint scalar field in the magnetic
monopole solution of Prasad and Sommerfield. The case of fundamental string
stretching between a pair of D3-branes follows from S-duality. The energy of
these configurations matches the expected value based on fundamental string and
D-string tensions.Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, uses psfig.sty; typos corrected; references
adde
Effective descriptions of branes on non-geometric tori
We investigate the low-energy effective description of non-geometric
compactifications constructed by T-dualizing two or three of the directions of
a T^3 with non-vanishing H-flux. Our approach is to introduce a D3-brane in
these geometries and to take an appropriate decoupling limit. In the case of
two T-dualities, we find at low energies a non-commutative T^2 fibered
non-trivially over an S^1. In the UV this theory is still decoupled from
gravity, but is dual to a little string theory with flavor. For the case of
three T-dualities, we do not find a sensible decoupling limit, casting doubt on
this geometry as a low-energy effective notion in critical string theory.
However, by studying a topological toy model in this background, we find a
non-associative geometry similar to one found by Bouwknegt, Hannabuss, and
Mathai.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figures, references adde
- …