Noncommutative Tachyons and K-Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
We show that the relation between D-branes and noncommutative tachyons leads very naturally to the relation between D-branes and K-theory. We also discuss some relations between D-branes and K-homology, provide a noncommutative generalization of the ABS construction, and give a simple physical interpretation of Bott periodicity. In addition, a framework for constructing Neveu-Schwarz fivebranes as noncommutative solitons is proposed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0009030,
title = {Noncommutative Tachyons and K-Theory},
author = {Jeffrey A. Harvey and Gregory Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0009030},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
24 pages, Harvmac b-mode