World-sheet dynamics of string junctions

Curtis Gove Callan, Lárus Thorlacius

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Abstract

We analyze scattering of string modes at string junctions of type IIB string theory. In the infrared limit, certain orthogonal linear combinations of the fields on the different strings satisfy either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We confirm that the world-sheet theory of a general string network has eight conserved supercharges in agreement with target space BPS considerations. As an application, we obtain the band spectrum of some simple string lattices.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)121-136
Number of pages16
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume534
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 23 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

  • String junctions
  • String lattices
  • String networks

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