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Tachyon Tube and Supertube

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v1

Abstract

We search for tubular solutions in unstable D3-brane. With critical electric field E=1, solutions representing supertubes, which are supersymmetric bound states of fundamental strings, D0-branes, and a cylindrical D2-brane, are found and shown to exhibit BPS-like property. We also point out that boosting such a {\it tachyon tube} solution generates string flux winding around the tube, resulting in helical electric fluxes on the D2-brane. We also discuss issues related to fundamental string, absence of magnetic monopole, and finally more tachyon tubes with noncritical electric field.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0307184,
  title  = {Tachyon Tube and Supertube},
  author = {Chanju Kim and Yoonbai Kim and O-Kab Kwon and Piljin Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0307184},
  year   = {2010}
}

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21 pages, 3 figures