Dirichlet topological defects
Nov, 199712 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 57 (1998) 5189-5194
e-Print:
- hep-th/9711099 [hep-th]
Report number:
- NSF-ITP-97-117,
- CWRU-P16-97
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Abstract:
We propose a class of field theories featuring solitonic solutions in which topological defects can end when they intersect other defects of equal or higher dimensionality. Such configurations may be termed ``Dirichlet topological defects'', in analogy with the D-branes of string theory. Our discussion focuses on defects in scalar field theories with either gauge or global symmetries, in (3+1) dimensions; the types of defects considered include walls ending on walls, strings on walls, and strings on strings.- defect: topological
- soliton
- field theory: scalar
- string model
- domain wall
- boundary condition
- symmetry: U(1)
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