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A Field theory approach to the t-J model and the spin charge separation
No full textWe analyze the t-J model using the CP1 representation for the slave operators (holons and spinons) which is particularly suited to study the phenomenon of the spin-charge separation in strongly correlated electron systems. In particular, we show that for the one-dimensional t-J model below half-filling the low energy effective dynamics of the spin and charge degrees of freedom is represented in the continuum limit by a CP1 model with a topological term, minimally coupled to a massless Dirac field with a four-fermion interaction. The bosonic term of this action describes the spin waves produced by the spinons, while the fermionic term represents the low energy charge excitations. This theory exhibits explicitly a local abelian gauge invariance
Stable Nonbps States In String Theory: A Pedagogical Review
No full textWe present a pedagogical review of the stable non-BPS states in string theory which have recently attracted some attention in the literature. In particular, following the analysis of A. Sen, we discuss in detail the case of the stable non-BPS D-particle of Type I theory whose existence is predicted (and required) by the heterotic/Type I duality. We show that this D-particle originates from an unstable bound state formed by a D1/anti-D1 pair of Type IIB in which the tachyon field acquires a solitonic kink configuration. The mechanism of tachyon condensation is discussed first at a qualitative level and then with an exact conformal field theory analysis
Nonperturbative Gauge Superpotentials From Supergravity
Full text linkWe study U(N) SQCD with N_f <= N flavors of quarks and antiquarks by engineering it with a configuration of fractional D3-branes on a C^3 / Z_2 x Z_2 orbifold. In particular we show how the moduli space of the gauge theory naturally emerges from the classical geometry produced by the D3-branes, and how the non-perturbatively generated superpotential is recovered from geometrical data
Gauge instantons from open strings
No full textIn this contribution we describe how to obtain instanton effects in four dimensional gauge theories by computing string scattering amplitudes in D3/D(-1) brane systems. In particular we show that the disks with mixed boundary conditions, which are typical of the D3/D(-1) system, are the sources for the classical instanton solution
N = 2 Instanton Calculus in Closed String Background
No full textIn this contribution we describe how to obtain instanton effects in four dimensional gauge theories by computing string scattering amplitudes in D3/D(-1) brane systems. In particular we study a system of fractional D3/D(-1) branes in a Z_2 orbifold and in a Ramond-Ramond closed string background, and show that it describes the gauge instantons of N=2 super Yang-Mills theory and their interactions with the graviphoton of N=2. Using string theory methods we compute the prepotential of the effective gauge theory exploiting the localization methods of the instanton calculus, showing that this leads to the same information given by the topological string
A Simple Expression For The Ghost Contribution To The Fermion Emission Vertex In Superstring Theory
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