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String field theory and perturbative dynamics of noncommutative field theory
Abstract The perturbative dynamics of noncommutative field theory (NCFT) is discussed from a point view of string field theory. As in the commutative case it is inevitable to introduce a closed string, which may be described as a bound state of two noncommutative open strings. We point out that the closed string, interacting nontrivially with the open string, plays an essential role in the ultraviolet region. The contribution of the closed string is responsible for the discrepancy between the NCFT and the string field theory. It clarifies the controversial issues associated with the ultraviolet/infrared (UV/IR) behaviour of the perturbative dynamics of the NCFT.
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Tachyon condensation, boundary state and string field theory
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Discrete light cone quantization of anti-de Sitter black hole and black string
119401888
Tachyon condensation, boundary state, and noncommutative solitons
We discuss tachyon condensation in a single unstable D-brane in the framework of the boundary state formulation. The boundary state in the background of tachyon condensation and the Neveu-Schwarz B-field is explicitly constructed. We show in both commutative theory and noncommutative theory that the unstable D-branes behave like an extended object and eventually reduce to lower dimensional D-branes as the system approaches the infrared fixed point. We clarify the relationship between the commutative field theoretical description of tachyon condensation and the noncommutative one.
117114158
Relativistic Anyon and (2+1) Dimensional Gravity
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Topological Ward identity and anti-de Sitter space / CFT correspondence
Abstract The dual relationship between the supergravity in the anti-de Sitter (AdS) space and the superconformal field theory is discussed in the simplest form. We show that a topological Ward identity holds in the three dimensional Chern–Simons gravity. In this simple case the proposed dual relationship can be understood as the topological Ward identity. Extensions to the supersymmetric theories and higher dimensional ones are also briefly discussed.
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Static brane solutions stabilized by nonlinear bulk scalar dynamics
We study a nonlinear sigma-model-like theory of a bulk scalar field coupled to the five-dimensional Einstein gravity with a negative cosmological constant. We determine the structure of the non-factorizable spacetime which our Minkowskian brane bounds, when the pressure in the extra dimension is proportional to the energy density of the scalar field as with a constant ?5. With these static solutions clarified by the parameter ?5, we fix the size of the extra dimension in terms of the bulk and brane potentials of the scalar field, imposing the stability condition in the cases of the 2-branes. The hierarchy problem is discussed in their Randall?Sundrum-like limit, and one of the static solutions obtained in the case of a strong bulk potential ?5 < 0 is interpreted as a thick 1-brane model.
12337603
A scale-dependent cosmology for the inhomogeneous Universe
A scale-dependent cosmology is proposed in which the Robertson-Walker metric and the Einstein equation are modified in such a way that Ω 0 , H 0 and the age of the Universe all become scale-dependent. Its implications on the observational cosmology are discussed.
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Chiral vacuum alignment in dense QCD
Abstract We discuss an interesting possibility of nontrivial, quark-mass induced chiral vacuum alignment in color–flavor locking phase of cold, dense QCD. With the simplifying assumption that the gaps for quarks are identical to those of antiquarks and the light quark masses are given by m u = m d and m s / m d =15, we find the true chiral vacuum can align only to one of the discrete number of directions in the continuum of chiral vacua. The alignment depends on the size of the diquark condensates, and the vacuum transitions between the discrete vacua caused by the evolution of the diquark condensates can be first order phase transition with vanishing or nonvanishing latent heat, depending on the vacua involved. It is also shown that as μ →∞, where μ is the baryon chemical potential, parity is spontaneously broken through the vacuum alignment.
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Higher dimensional cosmological model with a phantom field
We consider a higher dimensional gravity theory with a negative kinetic energy scalar field and a cosmological constant. We find that the theory admits an exact cosmological solution for the scale factor of our universe. It has the feature that the universe undergoes a continuous transition from deceleration to acceleration at some finite time. This transition time can be interpreted as that of recent acceleration of our universe.
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Light bending by nonlinear electrodynamics under strong electric and magnetic field
We calculate the bending angles of light under the strong electric and magnetic fields by a charged black hole and a magnetized neutron star according to the nonlinear electrodynamics of Euler-Heisenberg interaction. The bending angle of light by the electric field of charged black hole is computed from geometric optics and a general formula is derived for light bending valid for any orientation of the magnetic dipole. The astronomical significance of the light bending by magnetic field of a neutron star is discussed.