D-branes

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:Type_IIA_string_theory
gptkb:Type_IIB_string_theory
gptkb:Type_I_string_theory
gptkb:Type_II_string_theory
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Dirichlet_boundary_condition
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:BPS_states
gptkb:D0-brane
gptkb:D1-brane
gptkb:D2-brane
gptkb:D3-brane
gptkb:D4-brane
gptkb:D5-brane
gptkb:D6-brane
gptkb:D7-brane
gptkb:D8-brane
gptkb:D9-brane
non-BPS states
non-perturbative objects
solitonic objects
sources for gauge fields
gptkbp:canDecayVia tachyon condensation
gptkbp:canEndOn gptkb:NS5-branes
gptkbp:canIntersect gptkb:other_D-branes
gptkbp:canWrap compact dimensions
gptkbp:carries Ramond-Ramond charge
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Chern-Simons_terms
gptkb:Dirac-Born-Infeld_action
gptkbp:dimensions p-dimensional
gptkbp:doNotAppearIn gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:form bound states
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Dirichlet-branes
gptkbp:heldBy central to string theory landscape
extended objects
important in dualities
non-perturbative solutions
sources of Ramond-Ramond fields
used in model building
used in string phenomenology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label D-branes
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Joseph_Polchinski
gptkbp:introducedIn 1995
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:NS5-branes
M-theory branes
gptkbp:role gptkb:AdS/CFT_correspondence
black hole microstate counting
brane world scenarios
gptkbp:stackable multiple D-branes
gptkbp:stackingLeadsTo enhanced gauge symmetry
gptkbp:supports open strings
gptkbp:tensionProportionalTo inverse string coupling
gptkbp:worldvolumeTheory gptkb:gauge_theory
supersymmetric theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Kähler_manifold
gptkb:Joseph_Polchinski
gptkb:AdS/CFT_correspondence
gptkb:mirror_symmetry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5