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Branes and Fundamental Groups

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider bound states of D-branes wrapped around cycles with non-trivial fundamental groups of finite order. We find a new mechanism for binding D-branes by turning on flat discrete abelian and non-abelian gauge fields on their worldvolume. As a concrete application we study type IIB in the background where an S^3/G shrinks, where G is a discrete subgroup of SU(2) acting freely on S^3.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9712048,
  title  = {Branes and Fundamental Groups},
  author = {R. Gopakumar and C. Vafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9712048},
  year   = {2008}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures