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Twisted K-theory in $g>1$ from D-branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We study the wrapping of N type IIB Dp-branes on a compact Riemann surface Σ\Sigma in genus g>1g>1 by means of the Sen-Witten construction, as a superposition of N' type IIB Dp'-brane/antibrane pairs, with p>pp'>p. A background Neveu-Schwarz field B deforms the commutative CC^{\star}-algebra of functions on Σ\Sigma to a noncommutative CC^{\star}-algebra. Our construction provides an explicit example of the NN'\to\infty limit advocated by Bouwknegt-Mathai and Witten in order to deal with twisted K-theory. We provide the necessary elements to formulate M(atrix) theory on this new CC^{\star}-algebra, by explicitly constructing a family of projective CC^{\star}-modules admitting constant-curvature connections. This allows us to define the g>1g>1 analogue of the BPS spectrum of states in g=1g=1, by means of Donaldson's formulation of the Narasimhan-Seshadri theorem.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111151,
  title  = {Twisted K-theory in $g>1$ from D-branes},
  author = {J. M. Isidro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111151},
  year   = {2009}
}

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