Anyonic strings and membranes in anti-de Sitter space and dual Aharonov-Bohm effects.
It is observed that strings in AdS(5) x S(5) and membranes in AdS(7) x S(4) exhibit long range phase interactions. Two well separated membranes dragged around one another in anti-de Sitter space (AdS) acquire phases of 2 pi/N. The same phases are acquired by a well separated F and D string dragged around one another. The phases are shown to correspond to both the standard and a novel type of Aharonov-Bohm effect in the dual field theory.
Hartnoll
Sean A
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KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.