363 research outputs found
Non-geometric Backgrounds Based on Topological Interfaces
We study simple models of the world-sheet CFTs describing non-geometric
backgrounds based on the topological interfaces, the `gluing condition' of
which imposes T-duality- or analogous twists. To be more specific, we start
with the torus partition function on a target space S^1 [base] x (S^1 x S^1)
[fiber] with rather general values of radii. The fiber CFT is defined by
inserting the twist operators consisting of the topological interfaces which
lie along the cycles of the world-sheet torus according to the winding numbers
of the base circle. We construct the partition functions involving such duality
twists. The modular invariance is achieved straightforwardly, whereas
`unitarization' is generically necessary to maintain the unitarity. We
demonstrate it in the case of the equal fiber radii. The resultant models are
closely related to the CFTs with the discrete torsion. The unitarization is
also physically interpreted as multiple insertions of the twist/interface
operators along various directions.Comment: 32 pages, no figures; (v2) comments and explanations adde
Non-supersymmetric D-branes with Vanishing Cylinder Amplitudes in Asymmetric Orbifolds
We study the type II string vacua with chiral space-time SUSY constructed as
asymmetric orbifolds of torus and compactifications. Despite the fact
that all the D-branes are non-BPS in any chiral SUSY vacua, we show that the
relevant non-geometric vacua of asymmetric orbifolds allow rather generally
configurations of D-branes which lead to vanishing cylinder amplitudes,
implying the bose-fermi cancellation at each mass level of the open string
spectrum. After working on simple models of toroidal asymmetric orbifolds, we
focus on the asymmetric orbifolds of , where is described by a general SCFT with defined by the
Gepner construction for . Even when the modular invariant partition
functions in the bulk remain unchanged, the spectra of such non-BPS D-branes
with the bose-fermi cancellation can vary significantly according to the choice
of orbifolding.Comment: 32 pages, no figures; (v2) comments and discussion added on
properties of D-brane
Entanglement through conformal interfaces
We consider entanglement through permeable interfaces in the c=1
(1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory. We compute the partition functions
with the interfaces inserted. By the replica trick, the entanglement entropy is
obtained analytically. The entropy scales logarithmically with respect to the
size of the system, similarly to the universal scaling of the ordinary
entanglement entropy in (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory. Its
coefficient, however, is not constant but controlled by the permeability, the
dependence on which is expressed through the dilogarithm function. The
sub-leading term of the entropy counts the winding numbers, showing an analogy
to the topological entanglement entropy which characterizes the topological
order in (2+1)-dimensional systems.Comment: 14 pages, no figures; (v2) a reference added, minor changes; (v3)
results and comments on special cases adde
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