Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2011-04-25
JHEP 1109:020,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
23 pages, discussion of limitations of the gluing condition approach added
Scientific paper
10.1007/JHEP09(2011)020
The geometric description of D-branes in WZW models is pushed forward. Our starting point is a gluing condition\, $J_{+}=FJ_-$ that matches the model's chiral currents at the worldsheet boundary through a linear map $F$ acting on the WZW Lie algebra. The equivalence of boundary and gluing conditions of this type is studied in detail. The analysis involves a thorough discussion of Frobenius integrability, shows that $F$ must be an isometry, and applies to both metrically degenerate and nondegenerate D-branes. The isometry $F$ need not be a Lie algebra automorphism nor constantly defined over the brane. This approach, when applied to isometries of the form $F=R$ with $R$ a constant Lie algebra automorphism, validates metrically degenerate $R$-twined conjugacy classes as D-branes. It also shows that no D-branes exist in semisimple WZW models for constant\, $F=-R$.
Horcajada G.
Ruiz Fernando Ruiz
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