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Fluid Dynamics of NSR Strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

We show that the renormalization group flows of the massless superstring modes in the presence of fluctuating D-branes satisfy the equations of fluid dynamics.In particular, we show that the D-brane's U(1) field is related to the velocity function in the Navier-Stokes equation while the dilaton plays the role of the passive scalar advected by the turbulent flow. This leads us to suggest a possible isomorphism between the off-shell superstring theory in the presence of fluctuating branes and the fluid mechanical degrees of freedom.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406079,
  title  = {Fluid Dynamics of NSR Strings},
  author = {Dimitri Polyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406079},
  year   = {2009}
}

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24 pages Dedicated to the memory of Ian Kogan

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