Positronium-like states from supergravity

Abstract

We study semi-classical rotating open strings ending on a probe Dp-brane close to a stack of extremal, non-extremal Dp-branes and Dp-branes with $B$-fields. These states may be interpreted as positronium-like bound states of spinning W-bosons in an $SU(N+1)\to SU(N)\times U(1)$ theory. In each case, we describe the behaviour of the strings and examine the relation between the energy and the angular momentum of the bound state.

12 pages, 6 figures, Minor corrections and added references

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• Flavoured Large N Gauge Theory in an External Magnetic Field
• Strongly bound mesons at finite temperature and in magnetic fields from AdS/CFT