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(F,Dp) bound states from the boundary state

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We use the boundary state formalism to provide the full conformal description of (F,Dp) bound states. These are BPS configurations that arise from a superposition of a fundamental string and a Dp brane, and are charged under both the NS-NS antisymmetric tensor and the (p+1)-form R-R potential. We construct the boundary state for these bound states by switching on a constant electric field on the world-volume of a Dp brane and fix its value by imposing the Dirac quantization condition on the charges. Using the operator formalism we also derive the Dirac-Born-Infeld action and the classical supergravity solutions corresponding to these configurations.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906214,
  title  = {(F,Dp) bound states from the boundary state},
  author = {P. Di Vecchia and M. Frau and A. Lerda and A. Liccardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906214},
  year   = {2009}
}

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33 pages, plain LaTeX, final version published in Nucl. Phys. B

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