1996/07/11 by M. C. Diamantini, M.C. Diamantini · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum many-body systems #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(96)01167-7
published as Phys.Lett. B388 (1996) 273-282 · 16 pages, harvmac tex
arxiv created 1996/07/11 · openalex publication_date 1996/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study phase transitions induced by topological defects in Abelian gauge theories of open p-branes in (d+1) space-time dimensions. Starting from a massive antisymmetric tensor theory for open p-branes we show how the condensation of topological defects can lead to a decoupled phase with a massless tensor coupled to closed (p-1)-branes and a massive tensor coupled to open (p+1)-branes. We also consider the case, relevant in string theory, in which the boundaries of the p-branes are constrained to live on a Dirichlet n-branes.