Is a classical description of stable non-BPS D-branes possible?

M. Bertolini, P. Di Vecchia, M. Frau, A. Lerda, R. Marotta, R. Russo

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Abstract

We study the classical geometry produced by a stack of stable (i.e., tachyon-free) non-BPS D-branes present in K3 compactifications of type II string theory. This classical representation is derived by solving the equations of motion describing the low-energy dynamics of the supergravity fields which couple to the non-BPS state. Differently from what expected, this configuration displays a singular behaviour: the space-time geometry has a repulson-like singularity. This fact suggests that the simplest setting, namely a set of coinciding non-interacting D-branes, is not acceptable. We finally discuss the possible existence of other acceptable configurations corresponding to more complicated bound states of these non-BPS branes.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)471-503
Numero di pagine33
RivistaNuclear Physics B
Volume590
Numero di pubblicazione3
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 11 dic 2000

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