Published April 25, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

D-branes and BCFT in Hpp-wave backgrounds

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, King's College, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS (United Kingdom) and LPTHE, Universite Paris VI, 4 pl Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05 (France)
  • 2. CPHT, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR du CNRS 7644, 91128 Palaiseau (France) and Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion (Greece)

Description

In this paper we study two classes of symmetric D-branes in the Nappi-Witten gravitational wave, namely D2- and S1-branes. We solve the sewing constraints and determine the bulk-boundary couplings and the boundary three-point couplings. For the D2-brane our solution gives the first explicit results for the structure constants of the twisted symmetric branes in a WZW model. We also compute the boundary four-point functions, providing examples of open string four-point amplitudes in a curved background. We finally discuss the annulus amplitudes, the relation with branes in AdS3 and in S3 and the analogy between the open string couplings in the H4 model and the couplings for magnetized and intersecting branes

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.01.020;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0410269v1;
PII
S0550-3213(05)00052-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
712
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 433-512
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37049457
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.