Gauge Theories from D Branes

Paolo Di Vecchia () and Antonella Liccardo ()
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Paolo Di Vecchia: NORDITA
Antonella Liccardo: Universita di Napoli Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche

A chapter in Frontiers in Number Theory, Physics, and Geometry II, 2007, pp 161-222 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In these lectures we start with a pedagogical introduction of the properties of open and closed superstrings and then, using the open/closed string duality, we construct the boundary state that provides the description of the maximally supersymmetric Dp branes in terms of the perturbative string formalism. We then use it for deriving the corresponding supergravity solution and the Born-Infeld action and for studying the properties of the maximally supersymmetric gauge theories living on their worldvolume. In the last section of these lectures we extend these results to less supersymmetric and non-conformal gauge theories by considering fractional branes of orbifolds and wrapped branes.

Keywords: Gauge Theory; Vertex Operator; Open String; Closed String; Gauge Coupling Constant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30308-4_4

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