Topological Defects in Gauge Theories of Open p-branes

Details Topological Defects in Gauge Theories of Open p-branes Topological Defects in Gauge Theories of Open p-branes

1996-07-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9607090v1

Phys.Lett. B388 (1996) 273-282

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

16 pages, harvmac tex

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01167-7

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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