D-branes as Defects in the Calabi-Yau Crystal
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We define the notion of A-model Lagrangian D-branes as introducing defects in the Calabi-Yau crystal. The crystal melting in the presence of these defects reproduces all genus string amplitudes as well as leads to additional non-perturbative terms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0404246,
title = {D-branes as Defects in the Calabi-Yau Crystal},
author = {Natalia Saulina and Cumrun Vafa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0404246},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
27 pages, 15 figures, latex