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(NS5,D5,D3) bound state, OD3, OD5 limits and SL(2,Z) duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

We generalize the non-threshold bound state in type IIB supergravity of the form (NS5, D5, D3) constructed by the present authors (in hep-th/0011236) to non-zero asymptotic value of the axion (χ0(\chi_0). We identify the decoupling limits corresponding to both the open D3-brane theory and open D5-brane theory for this supergravity solution as expected. However, we do not find any non-commutative Yang-Mills theory (NCYM) limit for this solution in the presence of NS5 branes. We then study the SL(2,Z)SL(2, Z) duality symmetry of type IIB theory for both OD3-limit and OD5-limit. We find that for OD3 theory, a generic SL(2,Z)SL(2, Z) duality always gives another OD3-theory irrespective of the value of χ0\chi_0 being rational or not. This indicates that OD3-theory is self-dual. But, under a special set of SL(2,Z)SL(2, Z) transformations for which χ0\chi_0 is rational OD3-theory goes over to a 5+1 dimensional NCYM theory and these two theories in this case are related to each other by strong-weak duality symmetry. On the other hand, for OD5-theory, a generic SL(2,Z)SL(2, Z) duality gives another OD5-theory if χ0\chi_0 is irrational, but when χ0\chi_0 is rational it gives the little string theory limit indicating that OD5-theory is S-dual to the type IIB little string theory.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0107127,
  title  = {(NS5,D5,D3) bound state, OD3, OD5 limits and SL(2,Z) duality},
  author = {Indranil Mitra and Shibaji Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0107127},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

21 pages, Revtex, v3: minor corrections and physical meaning of the parameters $l$ and $\tilde{l}$ is given, version to appear in PRD