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Comments on Higher Derivative Terms for the Tachyon Action
We consider the open string tachyon action in a world-sheet sigma model
approach. We present explicit calculations up to order 8 in derivatives for the
bosonic string, and mimic these to order 6 for the superstring, including terms
with multiple derivatives acting on the tachyon field. We reproduce lower
derivative terms obtained elsewhere, and speculate on the role of the
world-sheet contact terms regularizing the action for the superstring tachyon.Comment: 21 page
Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Brane Models
We discuss the chiral symmetry breaking in general intersecting Dq/Dp brane
models consisting of N_c Dq-branes and a single Dp-brane with an s-dimensional
intersection. There exists a QCD-like theory localized at the intersection and
the Dq/Dp model gives a holographic description of it. The rotational symmetry
of directions transverse to both of the Dq and Dp-branes can be identified with
a chiral symmetry, which is non-Abelian for certain cases. The asymptotic
distance between the Dq-branes and the Dp-brane corresponds to a quark mass. By
studying the probe Dp-brane dynamics in a Dq-brane background in the near
horizon and large N_c limit we find that the chiral symmetry is spontaneously
broken and there appear (pseudo-)Nambu-Goldstone bosons. We also discuss the
models at finite temperature.Comment: 29pages, 14figures. v2: a reference added. v3: 27pages, 12figures,
two references added, discussions on s=q configurations are corrected. v4:
minor change in Sec.
The String Dual of an Two-Dimensional Gauge Theory
We find solutions of the six-dimensional maximal supergravity by adding a
perturbation of vector fields to the solution AdS S. For
certain perturbations the solution represents a dual description of an field theory in two dimensions by the AdS/CFT correspondence.Comment: 8 pages, no figur
A Note on Supersymmetry in Noncommutative Field Theories
We show that a solution of the type IIB supergravity representing D3-branes
in the presence of a 2-form background has 16 supersymmetries by explicitly
constructing the transformation parameter of unbroken supersymmetry. This
solution is dual to a noncommutative Yang-Mills theory in a certain limit.Comment: 10 pages, no figure
Super Weyl Anomalies in the AdS/CFT Correspondence
Anomalies of N = (4,4) superconformal field theories coupled to a conformal
supergravity background in two dimensions are computed by using the AdS/CFT
correspondence. We find that Weyl, axial gauge and super Weyl transformations
are anomalous, while general coordinate, local Lorentz, vector gauge and local
super transformations are not. The coefficients of the anomalies show that the
superconformal field theories have the central charge expected in the AdS/CFT
correspondence.Comment: 16 pages, LaTeX, references added and typos correcte
Supersymmetry in the AdS/CFT Correspondence
We study how local symmetry transformations of (p, q) anti de Sitter
supergravities in three dimensions act on fields on the two-dimensional
boundary. The boundary transformation laws are shown to be the same as those of
two-dimensional (p, q) conformal supergravities for p, q \leq 2. Weyl and super
Weyl transformations are generated from three-dimensional general coordinate
and super transformations.Comment: 11 pages, LaTe
Perturbations and Supersymmetries in AdS_3/CFT_2
Symmetry breaking by perturbations in the AdS/CFT correspondence is
discussed. Perturbations of vector fields to the AdS_3 x S^3 solution of the
six-dimensional N=(4,4) supergravity are considered. These perturbations are
identified as descendents of chiral primary operators of a two-dimensional
N=(4,4) CFT with conformal weight (2,2) or (1,1). We examine unbroken
symmetries by the perturbations in the CFT side as well as in the supergravity
side and find the same result: the N=(4,2) or N=(2,4) Poincare supersymmetry
for the (2,2) perturbation and the N=(0,4) or N=(4,0) superconformal symmetry
for the (1,1) perturbation.Comment: 23 pages, LaTeX, Minor change
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