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Linear Sigma Models for Open Strings
Simeon Hellerman, Shamit Kachru, Albion Lawrence +1
We formulate and study a class of massive N=2 supersymmetric gauge field theories coupled to boundary degrees of freedom on the strip. For some values of the parameters, the infrar…
Generating Small Numbers by Tunneling in Multi-Throat Compactifications
S. Dimopoulos, S. Kachru, N. Kaloper +2
A generic F-theory compactification containing many D3 branes develops multiple brane throats. The interaction of observers residing inside different throats involves tunneling sup…
Small Numbers from Tunneling Between Brane Throats
S. Dimopoulos, S. Kachru, N. Kaloper +2
Generic classes of string compactifications include ``brane throats'' emanating from the compact dimensions and separated by effective potential barriers raised by the background g…
Derived Categories and Zero-Brane Stability
Paul S. Aspinwall, Albion Lawrence
We define a particular class of topological field theories associated to open strings and prove the resulting D-branes and open strings form the bounded derived category of coheren…