New twist field couplings from the partition function for multiply wrapped D-branes
New twist field couplings from the partition function for multiply wrapped D-branes
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来自多层缠绕 D 膜配分函数的新扭转场耦合
DOI:
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/042
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
S. Sciuto
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作者:
Dario Duò;R. Russo;S. Sciuto
We consider toroidal compactifications of bosonic string theory with particular regard to the phases (cocycles) necessary for a consistent definition of the vertex operators, the boundary states and the T-duality rules. We use these ingredients to compute the planar multi-loop partition function describing the interaction among magnetized or intersecting D-branes, also in presence of open string moduli. It turns out that unitarity in the open string channel crucially depends on the presence of the cocycles. We then focus on the 2-loop case and study the degeneration limit where this partition function is directly related to the tree-level 3-point correlators between twist fields. These correlators represent the main ingredient in the computation of Yukawa couplings and other terms in the effective action for D-brane phenomenological models. By factorizing the 2-loop partition function we are able to compute the 3-point couplings for abelian twist fields on generic non-factorized tori, thus generalizing previous expressions valid for the 2-torus.