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arxiv: hep-th/0105291 · v2 · submitted 2001-05-29 · ✦ hep-th

String Webs and Curves of Marginal Stability in Five-Dimensional E_N theories on S¹

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We study curves of marginal stability (CMS) in five-dimensional N=1 E_N theories compactified on a circle using the D3-brane probe realization. In this realization, BPS states correspond to string webs in the affine E_N 7-brane background and junction positions of the webs deteremine CMS. We find that there exist string webs involving infinitely many junctions. Consequently the E_N theories have infinitely many CMS. We also find that there exists a transition from open strings to string webs involving loops. The transition describes a new phenomenon occurring on CMS.

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