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Aspects of D-brane dynamics on orbifolds

arXiv:hep-th/9711020 · doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199901)47:1/3<293::AID-PROP293>3.0.CO;2-C

Abstract

We discuss D-brane dynamics in orbifold compactifications of type II superstring theory. We compute the interaction potential between two D-branes moving with constant velocities and give a field theory interpretation of it in the large distance limit.

6 pages, LaTex, no figures. Talk presented by C. A. Scrucca at the conference "Quantum aspects of gauge theories, supergravity and unification" in Neuchatel; to appear in the proceedings