Published February 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

BPS states on a three-brane probe

Creators

  • 1. Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, 10 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Allahabad 211002 (India)

Description

Recently Banks, Douglas, and Seiberg have shown that the world-volume theory of a three-brane of type IIB theory in the presence of a configuration of four Dirichlet seven-branes and an orientifold plane is described by an N=2 supersymmetric SU(2) gauge theory with four quark flavors in 3+1 dimensions. In this paper we show how the BPS mass formula for N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory arises from masses of open strings stretched between the three-brane and the seven-brane along appropriate geodesics. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 2501-2503.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ