2000/10/20 by B. A. Bernevig, B. Andrei Bernevig, J. Brodie +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauge theory #Gravitation #Graviton #M-theory #Massless particle #Mathematical physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Soliton #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #cond-mat.mes-hall #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2001/02/003
published as JHEP 0102:003,2001 · 26 pages, 4 figures, discussions added
arxiv created 2000/10/20 · openalex publication_date 2001/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In this paper we show how two dimensional electron systems can be modeled by strings interacting with D-branes. The dualities of string theory allow several descriptions of the system. These include descriptions in terms of solitons in the near horizon D6-brane theory, non-commutative gauge theory on a D2-brane, the Matrix Theory of D0-branes and finally as a giant graviton in M-theory. The soliton can be described as a D2-brane with an incompressible fluid of D0-branes and charged string-ends moving on it. Including an NS5 brane in the system allows for the existence of an edge with the characteristic massless chiral edge states of the Quantum Hall system.