Evolution of D-branes Under Closed String Tachyon Condensation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We study the evolution of stable D-branes of C/Z_n and twisted circle theories in the process of closed string tachyon condensation. We interpret the fractional branes in these backgrounds as type II branes wrapping (`blown up') cycles, and trace the evolution of the corresponding cycles under tachyon condensation. We also study RG flows of the corresponding N=2 boundary conformal field theories. We find flows along which fractional D-branes either disappear or evolve into other fractional D-branes, and other flows along which bulk branes either disappear or evolve into stable branes.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0307248,
title = {Evolution of D-branes Under Closed String Tachyon Condensation},
author = {Shiraz Minwalla and Tadashi Takayanagi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0307248},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
38 pages plus appendices, 9 figures, Harvmac