Effective description of axion defects

Abstract

Axion strings and domain walls exhibit a number of novel effects in the presence of gauge fields, in particular the electromagnetic field. It is shown how these effects are reproduced in a model of Nambu-Goto-type strings and open or closed membranes coupled to gauge fields. The generalization to `axionic p-branes' is considered and it is shown how worldvolume gauge fields that arise in certain cases can be interpreted as Goldstone fields.

9 pages NSF-ITP-93-35

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