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Path integral evaluation of Dbrane amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We extend Polchinski's evaluation of the measure for the one-loop closed string path integral to open string tree amplitudes with boundaries and crosscaps embedded in Dbranes. We explain how the nonabelian limit of near-coincident Dbranes emerges in the path integral formalism. We give a careful path integral derivation of the cylinder amplitude including the modulus dependence of the volume of the conformal Killing group.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9907179,
  title  = {Path integral evaluation of Dbrane amplitudes},
  author = {Shyamoli Chaudhuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9907179},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Extended version replacing hep-th/9903184, includes discussion of nonabelian limit, Latex, 10 pages

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