1999/08/31 by N. Tetradis · 13 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Analogy #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Computer science #Condensed matter physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dual (grammatical number) #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #Geometry #Josephson effect #Materials science #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Photon #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Space (punctuation) #Superconductivity #Surface (topology) #Theoretical physics #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(00)00327-0
published in Physics Letters B 479(1-3), 265-272 (Elsevier BV) · 10 pages, 1 figure, minor clarifications added
arxiv created 2000/02/24 · openalex publication_date 2000/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We examine some of the implications of the field-theoretical mechanism for the localization of gauge fields on hypersurfaces in higher-dimensional bulk space-time. This mechanism exploits the analogy between confinement and dual superconductivity. In the simplest case of a photon localized on a (2+1)-dimensional surface in a (3+1)-dimensional bulk, we argue that the system behaves like a dual Josephson junction. This implies that the effective gauge theory on the surface is not free, but displays weak confinement with a linear potential. We comment on the relevance of our results for the realistic case of a (3+1)-dimensional surface in a space-time with one or more extra dimensions.