Type IIA D-Branes, K-Theory, and Matrix Theory

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1998-12-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812135v4

Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:1373-1404,1999

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

32 pages (published version)

Scientific paper

We show that all supersymmetric Type IIA D-branes can be constructed as bound states of a certain number of unstable non-supersymmetric Type IIA D9-branes. This string-theoretical construction demonstrates that D-brane charges in Type IIA theory on spacetime manifold $X$ are classified by the higher K-theory group $K^{-1}(X)$, as suggested recently by Witten. In particular, the system of $N$ D0-branes can be obtained, for any $N$, in terms of sixteen Type IIA D9-branes. This suggests that the dynamics of Matrix theory is contained in the physics of magnetic vortices on the worldvolume of sixteen unstable D9-branes, described at low energies by a U(16) gauge theory.

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