On the stability of D7--D7 probes in near-conformal backgrounds

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2014.02.010zbMATH Open1284.81222arXiv1306.1981OpenAlexW1972814974MaRDI QIDQ2443528FDOQ2443528

Authors: Lilia Anguelova, Peter Suranyi, L. C. R. Wijewardhana 

Publication date: 7 April 2014

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the perturbative stability of a nonsupersymmetric D7 - anti-D7 brane embedding in a particular class of type IIB backgrounds. These backgrounds are the gravitational duals of certain strongly-coupled gauge theories, that exhibit a nearly conformal regime (known as a walking regime). Previous studies in the literature have led to conflicting results as to whether the spectrum of fluctuations around the flavor D7 - anti-D7 embedding has a tachyonic mode or not. Here we reconsider the problem with a new analytical method and recover the previously obtained numerical results. We also point out that the earlier treatments relied on a coordinate system, in which it was not possible to take into account fluctuations of the point of confluence of the D7 - anti-D7 branes. Using an improved coordinate system, we confirm the presence of a normalizable tachyonic mode in this model, in agreement with the numerical calculations. Finally, we comment on the possibility of turning on worldvolume flux to stabilize the probe branes configuration.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1981

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational duals of certain strongly-coupled gauge theorieswalking regime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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