Exactly soluble dynamics of (p, q) string near macroscopic fundamental strings

Dongsu Bak, Soo Jong Rey, Ho Ung Yee

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Abstract

We study dynamics of type-IIB bound-state of a Dirichlet string and n fundamental strings in the background of N fundamental strings. Because of supergravity potential, the bound-state string is pulled to the background fundamental strings, whose motion is described by open string rolling radion field. The string coupling can be made controllably weak and, in the limit 1 ≤ gst2n ≤ gst2N, the bound-state energy involved is small compared to the string scale. We thus propose rolling dynamics of open string radion in this system as an exactly solvable analog for rolling dynamics of open string tachyon in decaying D-brane. The dynamics bears a novel feature that the worldsheet electric field increases monotonically to the critical value as the bound-state string falls into the background string. Close to the background string, D string constituent inside the bound-state string decouples from fundamental string constituents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-192
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume8
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2004

Keywords

  • D-branes
  • Tachyon Condensation
  • p-branes

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