Spacetime Properties of ZZ D-Branes
Abstract
We study the tachyon and the RR field sourced by the ZZ D-branes in type 0 theories using three methods. We first use the mini-superspace approximation of the closed string wave functions of the tachyon and the RR scalar to probe these fields. These wave functions are then extended beyond the mini-superspace approximation using mild assumptions which are motivated by the properties of the corresponding wave functions in the mini-superspace limit. These are then used to probe the tachyon and the RR field sourced. Finally we study the space time fields sourced by the ZZ D-branes using the FZZT brane as a probe. In all the three methods we find that the tension of the ZZ brane is times the tension of the ZZ brane. The RR charge of these branes is non-zero only for the case of both and odd, in which case it is identical to the charge of the brane. As a consistency check we also verify that the space time fields sourced by the branes satisfy the corresponding equations of motion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0504042,
title = {Spacetime Properties of ZZ D-Branes},
author = {M. Cirafici and J. R. David and E. Gava and K. S. Narain},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0504042},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
32 pages, 4 figures. Clarifications on the principal characterization of ZZ branes added. Reference added