Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-03-14
JHEP0707:040,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
42 pages, 4 eps figures, version to appear in JHEP
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/040
We consider chains of generalized submanifolds, as defined by Gualtieri in the context of generalized complex geometry, and define a boundary operator that acts on them. This allows us to define generalized cycles and the corresponding homology theory. Gauge invariance demands that D-brane networks on flux vacua must wrap these generalized cycles, while deformations of generalized cycles inside of a certain homology class describe physical processes such as the dissolution of D-branes in higher-dimensional D-branes and MMS-like instantonic transitions. We introduce calibrations that identify the supersymmetric D-brane networks, which minimize their energy inside of the corresponding homology class of generalized cycles. Such a calibration is explicitly presented for type II N=1 flux compactifications to four dimensions. In particular networks of walls and strings in compactifications on warped Calabi-Yau's are treated, with explicit examples on a toroidal orientifold vacuum and on the Klebanov-Strassler geometry.
Evslin Jarah
Martucci Luca
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