Type IIA D-Branes, K-Theory, and Matrix Theory
| dc.creator | Horava, Petr | |
| dc.date | 1998-12-15 | |
| dc.date | 1999-05-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:36:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:36:18Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.description | 32 pages (published version) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812135 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812135 | |
| dc.identifier | Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:1373-1404,1999 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198875 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Type IIA D-Branes, K-Theory, and Matrix Theory | |
| dc.type | text |