Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-04-23
JHEP 0207 (2002) 013
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
26 pages. v2: Fourier modes of multi-vortex fermion zero mode corrected. Reference added. v3: typo corrected
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/013
The equivalence of NS5-branes and ALF spaces under T-duality is well known. However, a naive application of T-duality transforms the ALF space into a smeared NS5-brane, de-localized on the dual, transverse, circle. In this paper we re-examine this duality, starting from a two-dimensional N=(4,4) gauged linear sigma model describing Taub-NUT space. After dualizing the circle fiber, we find that the smeared NS5-brane target space metric receives corrections from multi-worldsheet instantons. These instantons are identified as Nielsen-Olesen vortices. We show that their effect is to break the isometry of the target space, localizing the NS5-brane at a point. The contribution from the k-instanton sector is shown to be proportional to the weighted integral of the Euler form over the k-vortex moduli space. The duality also predicts the, previously unknown, asymptotic exponential decay coefficient of the BPS vortex solution.
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