Non-Abelian effects on D-branes

We review different non-Abelian configurations of D-branes. We then extend the Myers dielectric effect to configurations with angular momentum. The resulting time-dependent N D0-brane bound states can be interpreted as describing rotating fuzzy ellipsoids. A similar solution exists also in the presence of a RR magnetic field, that we study in detail. We show that, for any finite N, above a certain critical angular momentum it is energetically more favorable for the bound state system to dissociate into an Abelian configuration of N D0-branes moving independently. We further study D-string configurations representing fuzzy funnels deformed by the magnetic field and by the rotational motion.