English

ABJM with Flavors and FQHE

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-07-24 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We add fundamental matters to the N=6 Chern-Simons theory (ABJM theory), and show that D6-branes wrapped over AdS_4 x S^3/Z_2 in type IIA superstring theory on AdS_4 x CP^3 give its dual description with N=3 supersymmetry. We confirm this by the arguments based on R-symmetry, supersymmetry, and brane configuration of ABJM theory. We also analyze the fluctuations of the D6-brane and compute the conformal dimensions of dual operators. In the presence of fractional branes, the ABJM theory can model the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE), with RR-fields regarded as the external electric-magnetic field. We show that an addition of the flavor D6-brane describes a class of fractional quantum Hall plateau transition.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0903.2194,
  title  = {ABJM with Flavors and FQHE},
  author = {Yasuaki Hikida and Wei Li and Tadashi Takayanagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2194},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages, Latex, no figures; (v2) references added, typos corrected

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