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Linear Sigma Models for Open Strings
Simeon Hellerman, Shamit Kachru, Albion Lawrence +1
We formulate and study a class of massive N=2 supersymmetric gauge field theories coupled to boundary degrees of freedom on the strip. For some values of the parameters, the infrar…
Realizing the Quantum Hall System in String Theory
Simeon Hellerman, Leonard Susskind
In a recent paper Bernevig, Brodie, Susskind and Toumbas constructed a brane realization of the Quantum Hall fluid. Since then it has been realized that the Quantum Hall system is…
String Theory and Quintessence
Simeon Hellerman, Nemanja Kaloper, Leonard Susskind
We discuss the obstacles for defining a set of observable quantities analogous to an S-matrix which are needed to formulate string theory in an accelerating universe. We show that…
D(NA)-Branes
Simeon Hellerman, John McGreevy
We engineer a configuration of branes in type IIB string theory whose mechanical structure is that of a DNA molecule. We obtain it by considering a T-dual description of the quantu…
Linear sigma model toolshed for D-brane physics
Simeon Hellerman, John McGreevy
Building on earlier work, we construct linear sigma models for strings on curved spaces in the presence of branes. Our models include an extremely general class of brane-worldvolum…
Quantum Hall Physics = Noncommutative Field Theory
Simeon Hellerman, Mark Van Raamsdonk
In this note, we study a matrix-regularized version of non-commutative U(1) Chern-Simons theory proposed recently by Polychronakos. We determine a complete minimal basis of exact w…