Off-shell crosscap state and orientifold planes with background dilatons

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00791-5MaRDI QIDQ1847751zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 23 October 2002

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0205163

zbMATH Keywords

\(RP^2\) worldsheetnon-trivial dilaton condensationorientifold plane dimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We show that a non-trivial dilaton condensation alters the dimensions of orientifold planes. An off-shell crosscap state which naturally interpolates between the usual on-shell crosscap states and their T-duals plays an important role in the analysis. We present an explicit representation of the off-shell crosscap state on an RP2 worldsheet in the gauge in which the worldsheet curvature in the bulk of the fundamental region of the RP2 vanishes. We show that the non-trivial dilaton condensation reproduces the correct descent relation among orientifold plane tensions.

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