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Baryon as Impurity for Phase Transition in String Landscape

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider a decay of a false vacuum in flux compactifications of type IIB string theory and study a catalytic effect for a phase transition induced by a new type of impurities. We concentrate on the large N dual of a D5-brane/anti-D5-brane system which has a rich vacuum structure. We show that D3-branes wrapping the 3-cycles can form a dibaryon and make a bound state with a monopole. We find that these baryon-like objects can make the lifetime of the metastable vacuum shorter.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04608,
  title  = {Baryon as Impurity for Phase Transition in String Landscape},
  author = {Aya Kasai and Yuichiro Nakai and Yutaka Ookouchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04608},
  year   = {2016}
}

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22 pages, 13 figures

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