Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-05-02
Nucl.Phys. B619 (2001) 155-190
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
v2 Major Additions: dielectric radius in gravity solution matches exactly stable and unstable points of Myers probe potential,
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00526-0
We consider the generalization to String and M-theory of the Melvin solution. These are flux p-branes which have (p+1)-dimensional Poincare invariance and are associated to an electric (p+1)-form field strength along their worldvolume. When a stack of Dp-branes is placed along the worldvolume of a flux (p+3)-brane it will expand to a spherical D(p+2)-brane due to the dielectric effect. This provides a new setup to consider the gauge theory/gravity duality. Compactifying M-theory on a circle we find the exact gravity solution of the type IIA theory describing the dielectric expansion of N D4-branes into a spherical bound state of D4-D6-branes, due to the presence of a flux 7-brane. In the decoupling limit, the deformation of the dual field theory associated with the presence of the flux brane is irrelevant in the UV. We calculate the gravitational radius and energy of the dielectric brane which give, respectively, a prediction for the VEV of scalars and vacuum energy of the dual field theory. Consideration of a spherical D6-brane probe with n units of D4-brane charge in the dielectric brane geometry suggests that the dual theory arises as the Scherk-Schwarz reduction of the M5-branes (2,0) conformal field theory. The probe potential has one minimum placed at the locus of the bulk dielectric brane and another associated to an inner dielectric brane shell.
Cornalba Lorenzo
Costa Silvana M.
Herdeiro Carlos A. R.
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