Nahm's equations, {$\scr N=1^*$} domain walls, and {D}-strings in {${\rm AdS}_5\times S_5$}

• We consider the following two problems: classical domain walls in the = 1* mass deformation of the maximally supersymmetric Yang Mills theory, and D-strings as external magnetic sources in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We show that they are both described by Nahm's equations with unconventional boundary conditions, and analyze the relevant moduli space of solutions. We argue that general `fuzzy sphere' configurations of D-strings in AdS5 correspond to Wilson-'t Hooft lines in higher representations of the dual SU(n) gauge theory.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

AdS-CFT and dS-CFT Correspondence

Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories

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