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Orbifold Resolution by D-Branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

We study topological properties of the D-brane resolution of three-dimensional orbifold singularities, C^3/Gamma, for finite abelian groups Gamma. The D-brane vacuum moduli space is shown to fill out the background spacetime with Fayet--Iliopoulos parameters controlling the size of the blow-ups. This D-brane vacuum moduli space can be classically described by a gauged linear sigma model, which is shown to be non-generic in a manner that projects out non-geometric regions in its phase diagram, as anticipated from a number of perspectives.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9704151,
  title  = {Orbifold Resolution by D-Branes},
  author = {Michael R. Douglas and Brian R. Greene and David R. Morrison},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9704151},
  year   = {2010}
}

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26 pages, 2 figures (TeX, harvmac big, epsf)