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String Junctions and BPS States in Seiberg-Witten Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-07-18 v2

Abstract

We argue that certain BPS states in the D3-brane probe realization of N=2 SU(2) Super-Yang-Mills theory correspond to multi-pronged strings connecting the D3-brane to the background 7-branes. This provides a physical realization of the decay of these states on the curve of marginal stability, and explains their absence in the strong coupling regime.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9802033,
  title  = {String Junctions and BPS States in Seiberg-Witten Theory},
  author = {O. Bergman and A. Fayyazuddin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9802033},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

19 pages LaTex, 6 eps figures; misprints corrected, references added, appendix added, comments on constant phase curves and possible string-string junction transition added in sections 4 and 5

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