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D-branes in group manifolds and flux stabilization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider D-branes in group manifolds, from the point of view of open strings and using the Born-Infeld action on the brane worldvolume. D-branes correspond to certain integral (twined) conjugacy classes. We explain the integrality condition on the conjugacy classes in both approaches. In the Born-Infeld description, the D-brane worldvolume is stabilized against shrinking by a subtle interplay of quantized U(1) fluxes and the non-triviality of the B-field.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0012045,
  title  = {D-branes in group manifolds and flux stabilization},
  author = {Christoph Schweigert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0012045},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages. Invited talk at the 9th Marcel Grossmann meeting, Rome, July 2000