Non-BPS D-branes and M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-02-03 v2
Abstract
A dual pair of supersymmetric string theories that involves an asymmetric orbifold and an orientifold of Type II is considered. The D-branes of the orbifold theory (that were recently determined by Gutperle) are all non-BPS and do not carry any conserved gauge charges. It is shown that they carry non-trivial K-theory charges, and that they can be understood in terms of branes wrapping certain homology classes of the M-theory compactification. Using the adiabatic argument, dual partners of some of these non-BPS D-branes are proposed. The relations between these dual states are found to be in agreement with the M-theory description of the D-branes.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0108202,
title = {Non-BPS D-branes and M-theory},
author = {Matthias R. Gaberdiel and Sakura Schafer-Nameki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0108202},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
21 pages, 1 figure; harvmac b-mode; reference added