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On higher derivative corrections of tachyon action
We have examined the momentum expansion of the disk level S-matrix element of
two tachyons and two gauge fields to find, up to on-shell ambiguity, the
couplings of these fields in the world volume theory of N coincident non-BPS
D-branes to all order of . Using the proposal that the action of
D-brane-anti-D-brane is given by the projection of the action of two non-BPS
D-branes with , we find the corresponding couplings in the world
volume theory of the brane-anti-brane system. Using these infinite tower of
couplings, we then calculate the massless pole of the scattering amplitude of
one RR field, two tachyons and one gauge field in the brane-anti-brane theory.
We find that the massless pole of the field theory amplitude is exactly equal
to the massless pole of the disk level S-matrix element of one RR, two tachyons
and one gauge field to all order of .Comment: 22 pages, 1 figure, latex file, V2: minor change in notatio
A proposal for M2-brane-anti-M2-brane action
We propose a manifestly SO(8) invariant BF type Lagrangian for describing the
dynamics of M2-brane-anti-M2-brane system in flat spacetime. When one of the
scalars which satisfies a free-scalar equation takes a large expectation value,
the M2-brane-anti-M2-brane action reduces to the tachyon DBI action of
D2-brane-anti-D2-brane system in flat spacetime.Comment: 12 pages, latex file, the version to appear in PL
On modified tachyon DBI action
Recently a modification of the tachyon DBI action has been proposed in which
the tachyon carries the internal CP matrix \sigma_1 and \sigma_2. In this
paper, we find the momentum expansion of the disk level S-matrix element of
four tachyons and one gauge field in superstring theory and show that the first
and second order terms of the expansion are in perfect agreement with the above
tachyon DBI action.Comment: 15 pages, no figure; V2: typos corrected, a reference added; V3: the
final version to appear in Nucl. Phys.
T-duality of anomalous Chern-Simons couplings
It is known that the anomalous D-brane Chern-Simons couplings are not
consistent with the standard rules of T-duality. Using compatibility of these
couplings with the linear T-duality transformations, the B-field gauge
transformations and with the general coordinate transformations as guiding
principles we find new couplings at order for , , and .Comment: 19 pages, Latex file, no figure, the version appears in NP
S-duality of color-ordered amplitudes
Recently, it has been proposed that the S-matrix elements on the world volume
of an abelian D-brane are consistent with the Ward identity associated with
the S-duality. In this paper we extend this study to the case of multiple
D-branes. We speculate that the S-matrix elements are consistent with the
S-dual Ward identity irrespective of the ordering of the external states.
Imposing this symmetry on the particular case of the S-matrix element of one
Kalb-Ramond, one transverse scalar and two nonabelian gauge bosons, we will
find the linear S-duality transformation of the commutator of two nonabelian
gauge field strengths. Using this transformation and the standard S-duality
transformations of the supergravity fields, all other nonabelian S-matrix
elements of one closed and three open string states can be found by the
S-duality proposal. We will show that the predicted S-matrix elements are
reproduced exactly by explicit calculations.Comment: 20 pages, latex file, no figure, v3: The study of nonabelian S-matrix
element of one closed and three open strings has been added in favor of the
S-duality proposal,v4:the title is changed, the version appears in np
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