Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-07-18 v2
Abstract
A comprehensive introduction to the boundary state approach to Dirichlet branes is given. Various examples of BPS and non-BPS Dirichlet branes are discussed. In particular, the non-BPS states in the duality of Type IIA on K3 and the heterotic string on T4 are analysed in detail.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0005029,
title = {Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet branes},
author = {Matthias R Gaberdiel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0005029},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
46 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX; lectures given at the TMR network school on `Quantum aspects of gauge theories, supersymmetry and quantum gravity', Torino, 26 January - 2 February 2000, and at the `Spring workshop on Superstrings and related matters', Trieste, 27 March - 4 April 2000; references added