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Dbrane Phase Transitions and Monodromy in K-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Majumder and Sen have given an explicit construction of a first order phase transition in a non-supersymmetric system of Dbranes that occurs when the B field is varied. We show that the description of this transition in terms of K-theory involves a bundle of K groups of non-commutative algebras over the Kahler cone with nontrivial monodromy. Thus the study of monodromy in K groups associated with quantized algebras can be used to predict the phase structure of systems of (non-supersymmetric) Dbranes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9908166,
  title  = {Dbrane Phase Transitions and Monodromy in K-theory},
  author = {Sergei Gukov and Vipul Periwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9908166},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, RevTeX, 1 figure

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