D-branes and Strings as Non-commutative Solitons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
The non-commutative geometry of a large auxiliary -field simplifies the construction of D-branes as solitons in open string field theory. Similarly, fundamental strings are constructed as localized flux tubes in the string field theory. Tensions are determined exactly using general properties of non-BPS branes, and the non-Abelian structure of gauge fields on coincident D-branes is recovered.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0005031,
title = {D-branes and Strings as Non-commutative Solitons},
author = {Jeffrey A. Harvey and Per Kraus and Finn Larsen and Emil J. Martinec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0005031},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
31 pages, 2 figures, harvmac; v2: crucial sign error in vortex solution corrected, additional comments on electric flux tube, references added