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