Brane mapping under $(-1{)}^{F_L}$

Abstract

We present the evidence that $(-1{)}^{F_L}$ is a nonperturbative symmetry of Type II string theory. We argue that $(-1{)}^{F_L}$ is a symmetry of string theory as much as the $SL(2,Z)$ of the Type II string is and how the branes are mapped under the $(-1{)}^{F_L}$ modding. NS branes are mapped into the NS branes with the same world volume dimensions but with the different chiral structure. Supersymmetric Dp-branes (bound with anti-Dp branes) are mapped to unstable nonsupersymmetric Dp-branes, which has D(p-1)-branes as kink solutions according to Horava.

6 pages, interpretation of the boundary state mapping in terms of D-branes is clarified and a reference added

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• Type IIA D-Branes, K-Theory, and Matrix Theory
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