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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406079,
title = {Fluid Dynamics of NSR Strings},
author = {Dimitri Polyakov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406079},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
24 pages Dedicated to the memory of Ian Kogan