From Surface Operators to Non-Abelian Volume Operators in Puff Field Theory
arXiv:1004.0229 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.126002
Abstract
Puff Field Theory is a low energy decoupling regime of string theory that still retains the non-local attributes of the parent theory - while preserving isotropy for its non-local degrees of freedom. It realizes an extended holographic dictionary at strong coupling and dynamical non-local states akin to defects or the surface operators of local gauge theories. In this work, we probe the non-local features of PFT using D3 branes. We find supersymmetric configurations that end on defects endowed with non-Abelian degrees of freedom. These are 2+1 dimensional defects in the 3+1 dimensional PFT that may be viewed as volume operators. We determine their R-charge, vacuum expectation value, energy, and gauge group structure.
39 pages, 6 figures
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