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Vortices under S-duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate a system of 1,3, and 7-branes in type IIB string theory. We identify the 1-brane with the vortex of the Abelian Higgs model. We claim that in the S-dual, the theory on the 3-brane confines electric flux which we identify with the fundamental string and that the dual photon has a mass. We then investigate ways of breaking supersymmetry in the brane set up.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0208191,
  title  = {Vortices under S-duality},
  author = {John H. Brodie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0208191},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure