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Non-geometric BPS branes on T-folds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-10-19 v1

Abstract

We give a detailed (microscopic) description of the geometric and non-geometric fundamental branes and their bound states in Type II superstring compactifications preserving N=6 supersymmetry. We consider general boundary states that couple to the twisted sector and compute the relevant annulus amplitudes. We check consistency of the construction by relating the transverse channel, corresponding to closed-string tree-level exchange, with the direct open-string loop channel. Focussing on the Type IIA frame, we show that D0-D4 have the expected tension for a geometric brane, while the non-geometric D2-D6 boundary states have a tension equal to 1/K1/\sqrt{K} the one of a geometric brane for the ZK\mathbb{Z}_K orbifold. This is consistent with Fricke T-duality of the N=6 model.

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@article{arxiv.2310.11512,
  title  = {Non-geometric BPS branes on T-folds},
  author = {Massimo Bianchi and Guillaume Bossard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.11512},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages