Relativistic D-brane Scattering is Extremely Inelastic
| dc.creator | McAllister, Liam | |
| dc.creator | Mitra, Indrajit | |
| dc.date | 2004-08-10 | |
| dc.date | 2004-09-24 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:50:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:50:09Z | |
| dc.description | We study the effects of quantum production of open strings on the relativistic scattering of D-branes. We find strong corrections to the brane trajectory from copious production of highly-excited open strings, whose typical oscillator level is proportional to the square of the rapidity. In the corrected trajectory, the branes rapidly coincide and remain trapped in a configuration with enhanced symmetry. This is a purely stringy effect which makes relativistic brane collisions exceptionally inelastic. We trace this effect to velocity-dependent corrections to the open-string mass, which render open strings between relativistic D-branes surprisingly light. We observe that pair-creation of open strings could play an important role in cosmological scenarios in which branes approach each other at very high speeds. | |
| dc.description | 30 pages; added references and a comment about velocity-dependent masses | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408085 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408085 | |
| dc.identifier | JHEP0502:019,2005 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184449 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Relativistic D-brane Scattering is Extremely Inelastic | |
| dc.type | text |