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Wound D-branes in Gepner Models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We propose a new prescription of how to represent D-branes in Gepner models in more general homology classes than those in the previous constructions. The central role is played by a certain projection acting on the Recknagel-Schomerus boundary states. Consequently, the boundary states are in most cases no longer a sum of products of N=2 Ishibashi states, but nevertheless preserve spacetime supersymmetry and satisfy the Cardy condition. We demonstrate these in the (k=1)^3 Gepner model in detail, and construct boundary states for D-branes wound around arbitrary rigid 1-cycles on the corresponding 2-torus. We also emphasize the necessity of some angle-dependent transformations in identifying a proper free-field realization for each brane tilted at an angle. In particular, this is essential for the Witten index to give the correct intersection numbers between the different D-branes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105174,
  title  = {Wound D-branes in Gepner Models},
  author = {Shun'ya Mizoguchi and Taro Tani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105174},
  year   = {2009}
}

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32 pages, 2 figures

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