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Holomorphic Tachyons and Fractional D-branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

We study tachyon condensation on brane-antibrane systems in orbifold theories from the viewpoint of boundary string field theory. We show that the condensation of holomorphic tachyon fields generates various fractional D-branes. The boundary N=2 supersymmetry in the world-sheet theory ensures this result exactly. Furthermore, our results are consistent with the twisted RR-charges from detailed calculations of boundary states. We also discuss the generation of RR-charges due to holomorphic tachyon fields on multiple brane-antibrane pairs in flat space.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0103021,
  title  = {Holomorphic Tachyons and Fractional D-branes},
  author = {Tadashi Takayanagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0103021},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 30 pages, v2:typos corrected and references added, v3:comments and references added