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Supertubes and Supercurves from M-Ribbons
We construct 1/4 BPS configurations, `M-ribbons', in M-theory on T^2, which
give the supertubes and supercurves in type IIA theory upon dimensional
reduction. These M-ribbons are generalized so as to be consistent with the
SL(2,Z) modular transformation on T^2. In terms of the type IIB theory, the
generalized M-ribbons are interpreted as an SL(2,Z) duality family of super
D-helix. It is also shown that the BPS M-ribbons must be straight in one
direction.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, references added, footnote added, BPS eq. (36) is
examined without using the solution of field equations, some expressions are
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Phase Moduli Space of Supertubes
We study possible deformations of BPS supertubes keeping their conserved
charges fixed. We show that there is no flat direction to closed supertubes of
circular cross section with uniform electric and magnetic fields, and also to
open planar supertubes. We also find that there are continuously infinite flat
deformations to supertubes of general shape under certain conditions.Comment: 12 pages, reference adde
Supertubes connecting D4 branes
We find and explore a class of dyonic instanton solutions which can be
identified as the supertubes connecting two D4 branes. They correspond to a
single monopole string and a pair of monopole antimonopole strings from the
worldvolume view point of D4 branes.Comment: 12 pages, no figures, a reference adde
Field Theory Supertubes
Starting with intersecting M2-branes in M-theory, the IIA supertube can be
found by compactification with a boost to the speed of light in the compact
dimension. A similar procedure applied to Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau instantons on
\bC^3, viewed as intersecting membranes of 7D supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM)
theory, yields (for finite boost) a new set of 1/4 BPS equations for 6D
SYM-Higgs theory, and (for infinite boost) a generalization of the dyonic
instanton equations of 5D SYM-Higgs theory, solutions of which are interpreted
as Yang-Mills supertubes and realized as configurations of IIB string theory.Comment: 11 pages. Contribution to Strings '04. Revised to include minor
corrections and additional reference
Tubular Solutions of Dirac-Born-Infeld Action on Dp-Brane Background
We use the Dirac-Born-Infeld action on Dp-brane background to find the
tubular bound state of a D2 with D0-branes and fundamental strings. The
fundamental strings may be the circular strings along the cross section of tube
or the straight strings along the axial of the tube, and tube solutions are
parallel to the geometry of Dp-brane background. Through the detailed analyses
we show that only on the D6-brane background could we find the stable tubular
solutions. These tubular configurations are prevented form collapse by the
gravitational field on the curved Dp-brane background.Comment: Latex 11 pages, detail RR-field effect, delete figure 4 and
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Supersymmetric Brane-Antibrane Configurations
We find a class of flat supersymmetric brane-antibrane configurations. They
follow from ordinary brane-antibrane systems by turning on a specific
worldvolume background electric field, which corresponds to dissolved
fundamental strings. We have clarified in detail how they arise and identified
their constituent charges as well as the corresponding supergravity solutions.
Adopting the matrix theory description, we construct the worldvolume gauge
theories and prove the absence of any tachyonic degrees. We also study
supersymmetric solitons of the worldvolume theories.Comment: 17 pages, a reference added, minor sign errors correcte
Universal local versus unified global scaling laws in the statistics of seismicity
The unified scaling law for earthquakes, proposed by Bak, Christensen, Danon
and Scanlon, is shown to hold worldwide, as well as for areas as diverse as
Japan, New Zealand, Spain or New Madrid. The scaling functions that account for
the rescaled recurrence-time probability densities show a power-law behavior
for long times, with a universal exponent about (minus) 2.2. Another decreasing
power law governs short times, but with an exponent that may change from one
area to another. This is in contrast with a spatially independent,
time-homogenized version of Bak et al's procedure, which seems to present a
universal scaling behavior.Comment: submitted to Per Bak's memorial issue of Physica
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