A Non-perturbative Description of the Gimon-Polchinski Orientifold
Abstract
A T-dual version of the Gimon-Polchinski orientifold can be described by a configuration of intersecting Dirichlet seven branes and orientifold seven planes in the classical limit. We study modification of this background due to quantum corrections. It is shown that non-perturbative effects split each orientifold plane into a pair of nearly parallel seven branes. Furthermore, a pair of intersecting orientifold planes, instead of giving rise to two pairs of intersecting seven branes, gives just one pair of seven branes, each representing a pair of nearly orthogonal seven branes smoothly joined to each other near the would be intersection point. Interpretation of these results from the point of view of the dynamics on a three brane probe is also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9611186,
title = {A Non-perturbative Description of the Gimon-Polchinski Orientifold},
author = {Ashoke Sen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9611186},
year = {2009}
}
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LaTeX file, 26 pages, some comments on classical three brane world volume theory have been modified in the light of recent results in hep-th/9611222, new references added