Worldsheet instantons and a null string limit of Born-Infeld theory

DOI10.1140/EPJC/S10052-007-0474-5zbMATH Open1189.81178arXivhep-th/0702173OpenAlexW2133699092MaRDI QIDQ982375FDOQ982375

Authors: J. Martínez 

Publication date: 6 July 2010

Published in: The European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a superstring theory in four spacetime dimensions, we propose a modification of the Born-Infeld action that possesses a well-defined tensionless limit. We interpret this as describing the effective target space dynamics of null strings on a D3-brane. We argue that such a modification can be induced by nonperturbative contributions from instantons in the worldsheet sigma-model describing string propagation on the brane.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702173

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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