Resolving anti-brane singularities through time-dependence

Abstract

In this note we discuss a possible resolution of the flux singularities associated with the insertion of branes in backgrounds supported by fluxes that carry charges opposite to the branes. We present qualitative arguments that such a setup could be unstable both in the closed and open string sector. The singularities in the fluxes then get naturally resolved by taking the true solution to be a time-dependent process in which flux gets attracted towards the brane and subsequently annihilates.

14 pages, 2 figures. v2: Improved arguments and we emphase we have not put the backreacted solution into the probe action, but instead followed a consistent procedure. References are updated

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