Adding flavor on the Higgs branch

dc.creatorArean, Daniel
dc.date2008-05-22
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dc.descriptionWe study the holographic dual of the Higgs branch of N=4 SYM in four dimensions coupled to quenched fundamental matter. The fundamentals are added via flavor D7-branes and the Higgs phase is obtained when the color D3-branes and the flavor D7-branes recombine with each other. The holographic dual consists of D7-brane probes in the background generated by the color D3-branes. In this supergravity dual the Higgs phase is realized by switching on a selfdual field strength on the worldvolume of the D7-branes. A complementary microscopic description in terms of dielectric D3-branes is also possible. This microscopic approach permits a better matching with the dual field theory analysis. Finally, the meson mass spectrum is computed by studying the fluctuations of the flavor D7-branes.
dc.description8 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the 3rd RTN Workshop held in Valencia, October 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3447
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3447
dc.identifierFortsch.Phys.56:888-894,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1002/prop.200810539
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203759
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleAdding flavor on the Higgs branch
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