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Brane transfer operations and T-duality of non-BPS states

Bergman, Oren and Gimon, Eric G. and Hořava, Petr (1999) Brane transfer operations and T-duality of non-BPS states. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1999 (4). Art. No. 010. ISSN 1126-6708. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/04/010. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111212-143959392

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Abstract

Using the relation between D-brane charges and K-theory, we study non-BPS D-branes and their behavior under T-duality. We point out that in general compactifications, D-brane charges are classified by relative K-theory groups. T-duality is found to act as a symmetry between the relative K-theory groups in Type II and Type I/IA theories. We also study Type IA theory (which contains an O8^- plane and an O8^+ plane), using K-theory and T-duality to identify its stable D-branes. Comparison with string theory constructions reveals two interesting effects. One of them involves the transfer of branes between O-planes, while in the other, a D-brane charge which seems conserved near one O-plane in fact decays due to the presence of another type of O-plane.


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Additional Information:© 1999 IOP Publishing. Received: March 3, 1999, Accepted: April 11, 1999. We would like to thank Joe Minahan, Jan Nekovář, Rahul Pandharipande, and Edward Witten for useful conversations. This work has been supported by DOE Grant DE-FG03-92-ER 40701. P.H. is also supported by a Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellowship.
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Department of Energy (DOE)DE-FG03-92-ER 40701
Sherman Fairchild Prize FellowshipUNSPECIFIED
Subject Keywords:superstrings and heterotic strings; D-branes
Issue or Number:4
Classification Code:PACS: 11.25.Tq; 11.25.Uv; 11.30.-j; 11.25.Mj
DOI:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/04/010
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Official Citation:Brane transfer operations and T-duality of non-BPS states Oren Bergman et al JHEP04(1999)010
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