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Neveu-Schwarz fivebrane and tachyon condensation

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1922069· OSTI ID:20699196
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  1. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad 211019 (India)
We argue that a semi-infinite D6-brane ending on an NS5-brane can be obtained from the condensation of the tachyon on the unstable D9-brane of type IIA theory. The construction uses a combination of the descriptions of these branes as solitons of the worldvolume theory of the D9-brane. The NS5-brane, in particular, involves a gauge bundle which is operator valued, and hence is better thought of as a gerbe.
OSTI ID:
20699196
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Mathematical Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 46; ISSN JMAPAQ; ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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