Published March 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Classical solutions for exotic instantons?

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universita di Torino and I.N.F.N. - sezione di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino (Italy)
  • 2. LAPTH 9, Chemin de Bellevue, 74941 Annecy le Vieux Cedex (France)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Universita del Piemonte Orientale and I.N.F.N. - Gruppo Collegato di Alessandria - sezione di Torino Via V. Bellini 25/G, I-15100 Alessandria (Italy)

Description

We consider the D7/D(-1) system in Type I' as a prototypical 'exotic' brane instanton. With respect to systems such as the D3/D(-1) ones, which correspond to gauge instantons in four dimensions, exotic systems lack the bosonic mixed moduli w of the ADHM construction, related to the instanton size ρ, and their possible field-theoretical interpretation as classical solutions is an important open question. For the system at hand, we propose that it corresponds to the point-like limit ρ → 0 of the eight-dimensional so-called SO(8) instanton solution. This configuration is a solution of the quartic term of the non-abelian D7 action, i.e. the term which stays finite in the limit α' → 0 with gs fixed that preserves the D(-1) effects. As a necessary consistency condition, we check that the next order term in the non-abelian effective action vanishes on the SO(8) solution so that the limit we take is well-defined.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/056

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
03
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 056
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41062673
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; CONFIGURATION; D-BRANES; FIELD THEORIES; INSTANTONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SO-8 GROUPS
Descriptors DEC
BRANES; INTEGRALS; LIE GROUPS; QUASI PARTICLES; SO GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS