A non-perturbative description of the Gimon-Polchinski orientifold
Abstract
A T-dual version of the Gimon-Polchinski orientifold can be described by a configuration of intersecting Dirichlet seven-branes and orientifold seven-planes in the classical fin-it. We study the modification of this background due to quantum corrections. It is shown that non-perturbative effects split each orientifold plane into a pair of nearly parallel seven-branes. Furthermore, a pair of intersecting orientifold planes, instead of giving rise to two pairs of intersecting seven-branes, gives just one pair of seven-branes, each representing a pair of nearly orthogonal seven-branes smoothly joined to each other near the would-be intersection point. Interpretation of these results from the point of view of the dynamics on a three-brane probe is also discussed.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics B
- Pub Date:
- February 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00074-6
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9611186
- Bibcode:
- 1997NuPhB.489..139S
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- LaTeX file, 26 pages, some comments on classical three brane world volume theory have been modified in the light of recent results in hep-th/9611222, new references added