Localized modes at a D-brane—O-plane intersection and heterotic Alice strings
We study a system of Nc D3-branes intersecting D7-branes and O7-planes in 1+1-dimensions. We use anomaly cancellation and string dualities to argue that there must be chiral fermion zero-modes on the D3-branes which are localized near the O7-planes. Away from the orientifold limit we verify this by using index theory as well as explicit construction of the zero-modes. This system is related to F-theory on K3 and heterotic matrix string theory, and the heterotic strings are related to Alice string defects in N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills. In the limit of large Nc we find an AdS3 dual of the heterotic matrix string CFT.
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Work Title | Localized modes at a D-brane—O-plane intersection and heterotic Alice strings |
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Publication Date | April 4, 2008 |
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Deposited | January 22, 2024 |
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