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String networks as tropical curves

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

A prescription for obtaining supergravity solutions for planar (p,q)-string networks is presented, based on earlier results. It shows that networks may be looked upon as tropical curves emerging as the spine of the amoeba of a holomorphic curve in M-theory. The Kaehler potential of supergravity is identified with the corresponding Ronkin function. Implications of this identification in counting dyons is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0804.1870,
  title  = {String networks as tropical curves},
  author = {Koushik Ray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1870},
  year   = {2014}
}

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9 pages, 2 pictures. 1 Reference added

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