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Notes on D-Branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

This is a series of remedial lectures on open and unoriented strings for the heterotic string generation. The particular focus is on the interesting features that arise under T-duality---D-branes and orientifolds. The final lecture discusses the application to string duality. There will be no puns. Lectures presented by J. P. at the ITP from Nov. 16 to Dec. 5, 1995. References updated through Jan. 25, 1996.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9602052,
  title  = {Notes on D-Branes},
  author = {Joseph Polchinski and Shyamoli Chaudhuri and Clifford V. Johnson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9602052},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Small number of typos corrected and references added Picture-changing argument correctly attributed to Bianchi-Pradisi-Sagnotti 45 pages (harvmac b); figures require epsf.tex