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Exotic smooth R^4 and certain configurations of NS and D branes in string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-04-08 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Geometric Topology math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we show that in some important cases 4-dimensional data can be extracted from superstring theory such that a) the data are 4 Euclidean geometries embedded in standard R4\mathbb{R}^{4}, b) these data depend on NS and D brane charges of some string backgrounds, c) it is of potential relevance to 4-dimensional physics, d) the compactification and stabilization techniques are not in use, but rather are replaced. We analyze certain configurations of NS and D-branes in the context of SU(2)SU(2) WZW model and find the correlations with different exotic smoothings of R4\mathbb{R}^{4}. First, the dynamics of D-branes in SU(2)SU(2) WZW model at finite kk, i.e. the charges of the branes, refers to the exoticness of ambient R4\mathbb{R}^{4}. Next, the correspondence between exotic smoothness on 4-space, transversal to the world volume of NS5 branes in IIA type, and the number of these NS5 branes follows. Finally, the translation of 10 dimensional string backgrounds to 4 Euclidean spaces embedded as open subsets in the standard R4\mathbb{R}^{4} is achieved.

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@article{arxiv.1101.3169,
  title  = {Exotic smooth R^4 and certain configurations of NS and D branes in string theory},
  author = {T. Asselmeyer-Maluga and J. Krol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3169},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

15 pages, Based on the talk ,,Small exotic smooth R^4 and string theory given at the International Congress of Mathematicians, ICM2010, 19-28.08.2010, Hyderabad, India