D-branes in little string theory
Feb, 2005
60 pages
Published in:
- Nucl.Phys.B 722 (2005) 3-64
e-Print:
- hep-th/0502073 [hep-th]
Report number:
- LPTENS-05-08
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Abstract:
We analyze in detail the D-branes in the near-horizon limit of NS5-branes on a circle, the holographic dual of little string theory in a double scaling limit. We emphasize their geometry in the background of the NS5-branes and show the relation with D-branes in coset models. The exact one-point function giving the coupling of the closed string states with the D-branes and the spectrum of open strings is computed. Using these results, we analyze several aspects of Hanany-Witten setups, using exact CFT analysis. In particular we identify the open string spectrum on the D-branes stretched between NS5-branes which confirms the low-energy analysis in brane constructions, and that allows to go to higher energy scales. As an application we show the emergence of the beta-function of the N=2 gauge theory on D4-branes stretching between NS5-branes from the boundary states describing the D4-branes. We also speculate on the possibility of getting a matrix model description of little string theory from the effective theory on the D1-branes. By considering D3-branes orthogonal to the NS5-branes we find a CFT incarnation of the Hanany-Witten effect of anomalous creation of D-branes. Finally we give an brief description of some non-BPS D-branes.- string model
- supersymmetry
- membrane model: D-brane
- membrane model: p-brane
- p-brane: 3
- p-brane: 5
- duality
- phase space
- boundary condition
- renormalization group: beta function
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