J-kink domain walls and the DBI action


Abstract in English

We study $J$-kink domain walls in $D=4$ massive $mathbb{C}P^1$ sigma model. The domain walls are not static but stationary, since they rotate in an internal $S^1$ space with a frequency $omega$ and a momentum ${bf k}$ along the domain wall. They are characterized by a conserved current $J_mu = (Q,{bf J})$, and are classified into magnetic ($J^2 < 0$), null ($J^2=0$), and electric ($J^2 > 0$) types. Under a natural assumption that a low energy effective action of the domain wall is dual to the $D=4$ DBI action for a membrane, we are lead to a coincidence between the $J$-kink domain wall and the membrane with constant magnetic field $B$ and electric field ${bf E}$. We also find that $(Q, {bf J}, omega, {bf k})$ is dual to $(B, {bf E}, H, {bf D})$ with $H$ and ${bf D}$ being a magnetizing field and a displacement field, respectively.

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