Brane probes, toric geometry, and closed string tachyons

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01022-2MaRDI QIDQ1850755zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors T. Sarkar

Publication date 18 December 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0206109

zbMATH Keywords

D-branesnon-supersymmetric orbifold singularitiessingularity decay

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We study non-supersymmetric orbifold singularities from the point of view of D-brane probes. We present a description of the decay of such singularities from considerations of the toric geometry of the probe branes.

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