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Tachyon Condensation on Orbifolds and McKay Correspondence

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

In this short note we present a mathematical interpretation of tachyon condensation on (three dimensional) orbifolds within the framework of boundary string field theory (BSFT). We explicitly show that important parts of decay modes in brane-antibrane systems with N=2 boundary supersymmetry can be interpreted as the McKay correspondence described as complexes. This will give an example of the recent interpretation of D-branes as derived category. We also discuss the N=4 boundary supersymmetry as a more refined structure.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0106142,
  title  = {Tachyon Condensation on Orbifolds and McKay Correspondence},
  author = {Tadashi Takayanagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0106142},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, Latex, minor typos corrected and references added, to appear in PLB