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NS fivebranes in type 0 string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v3

Abstract

The massless degrees of freedom of type 0 NS5-branes are derived. A non-chiral, purely bosonic spectrum is found in both type 0A and 0B. This non-chirality is confirmed by a one-loop computation in the bulk. Some puzzles concerning type 0B S-duality are pointed out in this context. An interpretation of the spectra in terms of ``type 0 little strings'' is proposed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906179,
  title  = {NS fivebranes in type 0 string theory},
  author = {Ben Craps and Frederik Roose},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906179},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 12 pages, no figures; v3: section on S-duality revised, references added, to be published in JHEP