D-brane dynamics in constant Ramond-Ramond potentials, S-duality and noncommutative geometry

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2005.V9.N3.A1MaRDI QIDQ2642820zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lorenzo Cornalba, Miguel S. Costa, Ricardo Schiappa

Publication date 5 September 2007

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209164

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We study the physics of D-branes in the presence of constant Ramond-Ramond potentials. In the string field theory context, we first develop a general formalism to analyze open strings in gauge trivial closed string backgrounds, and then apply it both to the RNS string and within Berkovits' covariant formalism, where the results have the most natural interpretation. The most remarkable finding is that, in the presence of a Dp-brane, both a constant parallel NS-NS B-field and R-R C^(p-1)-field do not solve the open/closed equations of motion, and induce the same non-vanishing open string tadpole. After solving the open string equations in the presence of this tadpole, and after gauging away the closed string fields, one is left with a U(1) field strength on the brane given by F=(1/2)(B-*C^(p-1)), where * is Hodge duality along the brane world-volume. One observes that this result differs from the usually assumed result F=B. Technically, this is due to the fact that supersymmetric and bosonic string world-sheet theories are different. Note, however, that the usual F+B combination is still the combination which remains gauge invariant at the sigma-model level. Also, the standard result F=B is, in the D3-brane case, not compatible with S-duality. On the other hand our result, which is derived automatically given the general formalism, offers a non-trivial check of S-duality, to all orders in F, and this leads to a S-dual invariant Moyal deformation. In an appendix, we solve the source equation describing the open superstring in a generic NS-NS and R-R closed string background, within the super Poincare covariant formalism.

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