Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes

We study phase transitions induced by topological defects in Abelian gauge theories of open p-branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for open p-branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless...

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Autor principal: Diamantini, M.C.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1996
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Particle Physics - Theory
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01167-7
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description We study phase transitions induced by topological defects in Abelian gauge theories of open p-branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for open p-branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless tensor coupled to closed (p-1)-branes and a massive tensor coupled to open (p+1)-branes. We also consider the case, relevant in string theory, in which the boundaries of the p-branes are constrained to live on a Dirichlet n-branes.
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spelling cern-3069342023-03-14T18:54:51Zdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01167-7http://cds.cern.ch/record/306934engDiamantini, M.C.Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branesParticle Physics - TheoryWe study phase transitions induced by topological defects in Abelian gauge theories of open p-branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for open p-branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless tensor coupled to closed (p-1)-branes and a massive tensor coupled to open (p+1)-branes. We also consider the case, relevant in string theory, in which the boundaries of the p-branes are constrained to live on a Dirichlet n-branes.We study phase transitions induced by topological defects in Abelian gauge theories of open p-branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for open p-branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless tensor coupled to closed (p-1)-branes and a massive tensor coupled to open (p+1)-branes. We also consider the case, relevant in string theory, in which the boundaries of the p-branes are constrained to live on a Dirichlet n-branes.We study phase transitions induced by topological defects in compact Abelian gauge theories of open p -branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for the open p -branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless tensor coupled to closed ( p - 1)-branes and a massive tensor coupled to open ( p + 1)-branes. We also consider the case, relevant in string theory, in which the boundaries of the p -branes are constrained to live on a Dirichlet n -brane.hep-th/9607090CERN-TH-96-179CERN-TH-96-179oai:cds.cern.ch:3069341996-07-11
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Theory
Diamantini, M.C.
Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title_full Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title_fullStr Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title_full_unstemmed Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title_short Topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
title_sort topological defects in gauge theories of open p-branes
topic Particle Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01167-7
http://cds.cern.ch/record/306934
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