Published July 18, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Spiky strings on NS5-branes

  • 1. Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302 (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Meteorology and Centre for Theoretical studies, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302 (India)

Description

We study rigidly rotating strings in the near-horizon geometry of a stack of Neveu-Schwarz (NS) 5-branes. We solve the Nambu-Goto action of the fundamental string in the presence of a NS-NS two form (Bμν) and find out limiting cases corresponding to magnon and spike like solutions.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.011

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.011;
arXiv
arXiv:1103.6153v3;
PII
S0370-2693(11)00632-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
701
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 481-484
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43057330
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
D-BRANES; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
BRANES; COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL

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