Geometrical interpretation of D-branes in gauged WZW models

By J. Maldacena, G. Moore, N. Seiberg. 2001

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We show that one can construct D-branes in parafermionic and WZW theories (and their orbifolds) which have very natural geometrical interpretations, and yet are not automatically included in the standard Cardy construction of D-branes in rational conformal field theory. The relation between these theories and their T-dual description leads to an analogy between these D-branes and the familiar A-branes and B-branes of N = 2 theories.

Subfields: Geometry and Topology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Geometry and Topology

1. A. Uranga
2. I. Brunner
3. J. Maldacena
4. P. Bouwknegt
5. F. Marchesano
6. K. Hori
7. G. Moore
8. David Ridout

In Nuclear and High Energy Physics

1. Gary Shiu
2. F. Marchesano
3. A. Uranga
4. Ralph Blumenhagen
5. Luis E Ibáñez
6. Eran Palti
7. D. Lust
8. P. G. Cámara

In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. F. Marchesano
2. A. Uranga
3. K. Hori
4. Gary Shiu
5. I. Brunner
6. J. Cascales
7. G. Moore
8. J. Maldacena

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• Chiral 4d string vacua with D branes and NSNS and RR fluxes (2003, methodology): “provided in [ 44 ], based on a physical understanding of instanton processes mediating D-brane decays (see [45] for a recent discussion).”
• D-Brane Instantons and K-Theory Charges (2001, background): “There are many other branes in WZW theory one can construct by generalizing the methods of [15].”
• D branes on group manifolds and fusion rings (2002, background): “twisted branes) [6, 19, 21], branes on coset spaces [15, 41]–[43], and beyond [44, 45].”
• Building MSSM flux vacua (2004, background): “, to instanton processes violating homological D-brane charge [55].”
• Twisted K-Theory and K-Theory of Bundle Gerbes (2001, background): “p) = Z⊕Zp , K1(Lp) = Z. (8.19) Generalizing the equivariant computation of section 3 immediately gives K0(L p,[H]) = Zp , K1(Lp,[H]) = Z/NZ. (8.20) D-branes on Lens spaces were recently considered in [20]. 8.5. Group manifolds. In the case of G = SU(n) we have H•(G,Q) = V {c3,c5,... ,c2n−1}where cn ”
• Flux-induced SUSY-breaking soft terms on D7–D3 brane systems (2004, background): “the D7-branes [ 29 ], but this completely changes the kind of configurations here considered.”
• Phases Of N=2 Theories In 1+1 Dimensions With Boundary (2008, background): “(2.77) If 1 ≤ n ≤ d − 1, this brane is believed to flow to the conformally invariant boundary condition in the minimal model known as the Cardy brane with L = (n − 1) (see for example [35] for Cardy branes in RCFTs, [36, 37] for D-branes in (2, 2) minimal models and [38, 39] for relation to LG brane”
• Orientifolds and mirror symmetry (2003, methodology): “The above boundary states for j = k 4 should be further resolved [21] (see [76] for a general discussion and [26, 27] for the original discussion in the context of WZW models with non-diagonal modular invariant) as ∣∣B k 4 ,S 〉 = 1 2 (∣∣∣BB [ k 4 ,S] 〉 + √ k + 2 e−i πS2 2 ∑”
• Landau-Ginzburg Realization of Open String TFT (2003, background): “Its D-branes can be studied using standard BCFT techniques; their relation to geometry has been studied in [20, 39, 40].”