Dynamics of Charged Events

Constantin P. Bachas (1) , Claudio Bunster , Marc Henneaux (2)

1 LPTENS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure]
2 Physique Théorique et Mathématique

In three spacetime dimensions the worldvolume of a magnetic source is a single point, an event. We make the event dynamical by regarding it as the imprint of a flux-carrying particle impinging from an extra dimension. This can be generalized to higher spacetime dimensions and to extended events. We exhibit universal observable consequences of the existence of events and argue that events are as important as particles or branes. We explain how events arise on the worldvolume of membranes in M theory, and in a Josephson junction in superconductivity.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Constantin P. Bachas, Claudio Bunster, Marc Henneaux. Dynamics of Charged Events. Physical Review Letters, 2009, 103 (9), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.091602⟩. ⟨hal-02301285⟩