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F-theory and linear sigma models
M. Bershadsky, T. M. Chiang, B. R. Greene +2
We present an explicit method for translating between the linear sigma model and the spectral cover description of SU(r) stable bundles over an elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau mani…
D-Brane Topology Changing Transitions
Brian R. Greene
We study D-branes on three-dimensional orbifold backgrounds that admit topologically distinct resolutions differing by flop transitions. We show that these distinct phases are part…
Metrics on D-brane Orbifolds
Michael R. Douglas, Brian R. Greene
We calculate the metric on the D-brane vacuum moduli space for backgrounds of the form C^3/Gamma for cyclic groups Gamma. In the simplest procedure --- starting with a flat ``seed'…
Inflaton Decay and Heavy Particle Production with Negative Coupling
Brian R. Greene, Tomislav Prokopec, Thomas G. Roos
We study the decay of the inflaton in a renormalizable two scalar theory. Since the dynamics of the system is dominated by states with large occupation numbers which admit a semicl…
Orbifold Resolution by D-Branes
Michael R. Douglas, Brian R. Greene, David R. Morrison
We study topological properties of the D-brane resolution of three-dimensional orbifold singularities, C^3/Gamma, for finite abelian groups Gamma. The D-brane vacuum moduli space i…
String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Brian Greene
These lectures are devoted to introducing some of the basic features of quantum geometry that have been emerging from compactified string theory over the last couple of years. The…