Return of the torsion D-branes

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2001.V5.N2.A4MaRDI QIDQ699574zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. Brunner, Jacques Distler, Rahul Mahajan

Publication date 23 April 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0106262

zbMATH Keywords

compactificationCalabi-Yau manifoldsBPS branesmonodromies of the group of chargesstability of torsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

Abstract: We study D-branes on Calabi-Yau manifolds, carrying charges which are torsion elements of the K-theory. Interesting physics ensues when we follow these branes into nongeometrical phases of the compactification. On the level of K-theory, we determine the monodromies of the group of charges as we circle singular loci in the closed string moduli space. Going beyond K-theory, we discuss the stability of torsion D-branes as a function of the K"ahler moduli. When the fundamental group of the Calabi-Yau is nonabelian, we find evidence for new threshold bound states of BPS branes. In a two-parameter example, we compare our results with computations in the Gepner model. Our study of the torsion D-branes in the compactification of [FHSV] sheds light on the physics of that model. In particular, we develop a proposal for the group of allowed D-brane charges in the presence of discrete RR fluxes.

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