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The B-model on the A-model NS5-brane

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-05-14 v1

Abstract

We formulate the dynamics for the NS5-brane of the A-model, via the 'maximal form' method, which couples all background fields to the world-volume. This procedure provides the extra one- and five-forms fields of the extended Hitchin model. The generalised B-model emerges as the world-volume theory of this brane. The starting point of the construction is an embedding of the brane in a superspace geometry with 16 fermionic directions. The correspondence with Hitchin's formulation in terms of pure spinors is explained.

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@article{arxiv.0805.1782,
  title  = {The B-model on the A-model NS5-brane},
  author = {Viktor Bengtsson and Martin Cederwall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1782},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pp

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