D-branes and dual gauge theories in type 0 strings Export

@article{citeulike:4873552, abstract = {We consider the type 0 theories, obtained from the closed NSR string by a diagonal GSO projection which excludes space-time fermions, and study the D-branes in these theories. The low-energy dynamics of N coincident D-branes is governed by a U ( N ) gauge theory coupled to adjoint scalar fields. It is tempting to look for the type 0 string duals of such bosonic gauge theories in the background of the R-R charged p -brane classical solutions. This results in a picture analogous to the one recently proposed by Polyakov (hep-th/9809057). One of the serious problems that needs to be resolved is the closed string tachyon mode which couples to the D-branes and appears to cause an instability. We study the tachyon terms in the type 0 effective action and argue that the background R-R flux provides a positive shift of the (mass) 2 of the tachyon. Thus, for sufficiently large flux, the tachyonic instability may be cured, removing the most basic obstacle to constructing the type 0 duals of non-supersymmetric gauge theories. We further find that the tachyon acquires an expectation value in the presence of the R-R flux. This effect is crucial for breaking the conformal invariance in the dual description of the 3 + 1-dimensional non-supersymmetric gauge theory.}, author = {Klebanov, I. and Tseytlin, Arkady A.}, citeulike-article-id = {4873552}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00041-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0550-3213(99)00041-3}, day = {26}, doi = {10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00041-3}, issn = {05503213}, journal = {Nuclear Physics B}, keywords = {d-branes, duality, gauge\_theory, strings, type\_0}, month = {April}, number = {1-2}, pages = {155--181}, posted-at = {2009-06-16 20:57:51}, priority = {2}, title = {D-branes and dual gauge theories in type 0 strings}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00041-3}, volume = {546}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4873552 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4873552 N2 - We consider the type 0 theories, obtained from the closed NSR string by a diagonal GSO projection which excludes space-time fermions, and study the D-branes in these theories. The low-energy dynamics of N coincident D-branes is governed by a U ( N ) gauge theory coupled to adjoint scalar fields. It is tempting to look for the type 0 string duals of such bosonic gauge theories in the background of the R-R charged p -brane classical solutions. This results in a picture analogous to the one recently proposed by Polyakov (hep-th/9809057). One of the serious problems that needs to be resolved is the closed string tachyon mode which couples to the D-branes and appears to cause an instability. We study the tachyon terms in the type 0 effective action and argue that the background R-R flux provides a positive shift of the (mass) 2 of the tachyon. Thus, for sufficiently large flux, the tachyonic instability may be cured, removing the most basic obstacle to constructing the type 0 duals of non-supersymmetric gauge theories. We further find that the tachyon acquires an expectation value in the presence of the R-R flux. This effect is crucial for breaking the conformal invariance in the dual description of the 3 + 1-dimensional non-supersymmetric gauge theory. IS - 1-2 JF - Nuclear Physics B SN - 05503213 EP - 181 TI - D-branes and dual gauge theories in type 0 strings VL - 546 SP - 155 KW - d-branes KW - duality KW - gauge_theory KW - strings KW - type_0 AU - Klebanov, I AU - Tseytlin, Arkady PY - 1999/04/26/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00041-3 ER -