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 originale | Inglese |
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| pagine (da-a) | 471-503 |
| Numero di pagine | 33 |
| Rivista | Nuclear Physics B |
| Volume | 590 |
| Numero di pubblicazione | 3 |
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| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 11 dic 2000 |