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Non-perturbative contributions to the plane-wave string mass matrix

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

D-instanton contributions to the mass matrix of arbitrary excited string states of type IIB string theory in the maximally supersymmetric plane-wave background are calculated to leading order in the string coupling using a supersymmetric light-cone boundary state formalism. The explicit non-perturbative dependence of the mass matrix on the complex string coupling, the plane-wave mass parameter and the mode numbers of the excited states is determined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503077,
  title  = {Non-perturbative contributions to the plane-wave string mass matrix},
  author = {Michael B. Green and Stefano Kovacs and Aninda Sinha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503077},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

25 pages, 1 figure. v3: corrected minor typos, added reference

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