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Baryon as impurity for phase transition in string landscape

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We consider a decay of a false vacuum in flux compactifications of type IIB string theory and study a catalytic effect for a phase transition induced by a new type of impurities. We concentrate on the large N dual of a D5-brane/anti-D5-brane system which has a rich vacuum structure. We show that D3-branes wrapping the 3-cycles can form a baryon bound state with a monopole. We find that these baryon-like objects can make the lifetime of the metastable vacuum shorter.

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Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories D-branes Flux compactifications Superstring Vacua 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of PhysicsKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan
  2. 2.Department of PhysicsHarvard UniversityCambridgeU.S.A.
  3. 3.Faculty of Arts and ScienceKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan

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