Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1998-12-24
Nucl.Phys.B554:163-182,1999
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
23 pages, LaTex, corrected typos, added reference, version to appear in Nuclear Physics B
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00292-8
We investigate the dynamics of an arbitrary Dirichlet (D-) string in presence of general curved backgrounds following a path-integral formalism. In particular, we consider the interaction of D-string with the massless excitations of closed string in open bosonic string theory. The background fields induce invariant curvatures on the D-string manifold and the extrinsic curvature can be seen to contain a divergence at the disk boundary. The re-normalization of D-string coordinates, next to the leading order in its derivative expansion, is performed to handle the divergence. Then we obtain the generalized Dirac-Born-Infeld action representing the effective dynamics of D-string in presence of the non-trivial backgrounds. On the other hand, D-string acts as a source for the Ramond-Ramond two-form which induces an additional (lower) form due to its coupling to the U(1) gauge invariant fields on the D-string. These forms are reviewed in this formalism for an arbitrary D-string and is encoded in the Wess-Zumino action. Quantization of the D-string collective coordinates, in the U(1) gauge sector, is performed by taking into account the coupling to the lower form and the relevant features of D-string are analyzed in presence of the background fields.
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