A nonabelian particle-vortex duality

Author(s)

Murugan, Jeff ^[1] ; Nastase, Horatiu ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Cape Town, Dept Math & Appl Math, Lab Quantum Grav & Strings, ZA-7700 Rondebosch - South Africa

^[2] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Fis Teor, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Physics Letters B; v. 753, p. 401-405, FEB 10 2016.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

We define a nonabelian particle-vortex duality as a 3-dimensional analogue of the usual 2-dimensional worldsheet nonabelian T-duality. The transformation is defined in the presence of a global SU(2) symmetry and, although derived from a string theoretic setting, we formulate it generally. We then apply it to so-called ``semilocal strings{''} in an SU(2)(G) x U(1)(L) gauge theory, originally discovered in the context of cosmic string physics. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/18634-9 - Gauge/Gravity duality
• Grantee: Victor de Oliveira Rivelles
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/14152-7 - Applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence and string cosmology
• Grantee: Horatiu Stefan Nastase
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants