Non-supersymmetric D-brane configurations with Bose-Fermi degenerate open string spectrum

Citation
Mr. Gaberdiel et A. Sen, Non-supersymmetric D-brane configurations with Bose-Fermi degenerate open string spectrum, J HIGH EN P, (11), 1999, pp. NIL_161-NIL_185
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10298479 → ACNP
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
NIL_161 - NIL_185
Database
ISI
SICI code
1029-8479(199911):11<NIL_161:NDCWBD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The spectrum of open strings on various non-BPS D-brane configurations in t ype II string theory on a K3 orbifold is analysed. At a generic point in th e corresponding moduli space the spectrum of open strings does not have any degeneracy between bosonic and fermionic states. However, there exist spec ial values for these moduli for which many non-BPS D-brane configurations h ave an exactly Bose-Fermi degenerate open string spectrum at all mass level s. In this case the closed string exchange interaction between a pair of su ch D-brane configurations vanishes at all distances.