Published March 19, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Boundary fixed points, enhanced gauge symmetry and singular bundles on K3

Description

We investigate certain fixed points in the boundary conformal field theory representation of type IIA D-branes on Gepner points of K3. They correspond geometrically to degenerate brane configurations, and physically lead to enhanced gauge symmetries on the world-volume. Non-abelian gauge groups arise if the stabilizer group of the fixed points is realized projectively, which is similar to D-branes on orbifolds with discrete torsion. Moreover, the fixed point boundary states can be resolved into several irreducible components. These correspond to bound states at threshold and can be viewed as (non-locally free) sub-sheaves of semi-stable sheaves. Thus, the BCFT fixed points appear to carry two-fold geometrical information: on the one hand they probe the boundary of the instanton moduli space on K3, on the other hand they probe discrete torsion in D-geometry

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PII
S0550321300007793;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
598
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 57-72
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35027639
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUND STATE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFORMAL GROUPS; FIELD THEORIES; INSTANTONS; SYMMETRY; TORSION; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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Copyright (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.