Published December 2004 | Version v1
Report

Vortices, strings, and vortex strings

Creators

  • 1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Description

We describe recent progress in understanding the classical and quantum dynamics of vortices in supersymmetric gauge theories. We show how D-branes in string theory can be used to provide a new description of the dynamics of the vortex moduli space. We go on to use this to study the quantum theory of vortex strings in four-dimensional gauge theories. We show how the string knows about the exact quantum spectrum of the strongly coupled gauge theory in which it's embedded. (author)

Part of:
SUSY2004. The 12th international conference on supersymmetry and unification of fundamental interactions

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
SUSY2004. The 12th international conference on supersymmetry and unification of fundamental interactions
Imprint Pagination
980 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 215-229
Report number
KEK-PROC--2004-12

Conference

Title
12. international conference on supersymmetry and unification of fundamental interactions
Acronym
SUSY2004
Dates
17-23 Jun 2004
Place
Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
21 refs., 3 figs.