Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-08-07
J.Geom.Phys. 43 (2002) 241-292
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
57 pages LaTeX; Typos corrected, references added, various clarifying comments on derivations of superconnection actions in se
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00024-4
The properties of brane-antibrane systems and systems of unstable D-branes in Type II superstring theory are investigated using the formalism of superconnections. The low-energy open string dynamics is shown to be probed by generalized Dirac operators. The corresponding index theorems are used to compute the chiral gauge anomalies in these systems, and hence their gravitational and Ramond-Ramond couplings. A spectral action for the generalized Dirac operators is also computed and shown to exhibit precisely the expected processes of tachyon condensation on the brane worldvolumes. The Chern-Simons couplings are thereby shown to be naturally related to Fredholm modules and bivariant K-theory, confirming the expectations that D-brane charge is properly classified by K-homology.
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