Decay of excited D-branes

A. Hashimoto, I. R. Klebanov

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Abstract

We calculate the leading order interactions of massless D-brane excitations. Their 4-point functions are found to be identical to those found in type I theory. The amplitude for two massless D-brane fluctuations to produce a massless closed string is found to possess interesting new structure. As a function of its single kinematic invariant, it displays an infinite sequence of alternating zeros and poles. At high transverse momenta, this amplitude decays exponentially, indicating a growing effective thickness of the D-brane. This amplitude is the leading process by which non-extremal D-branes produce Hawking radiation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)437-445
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume381
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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