Bibliography: leaves 181-190. / 190 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis firstly investigates K-invariant and supersymmetric actions of D-branes in curved space-time. Following this, research into charges of D-branes in a group manifold are studied. In particular, the charge groups are determined for the symmetry preserving (or untwisted) D-branes on a compact, simple, connected, simply connected group manifold. The purpose of this research is to determine these charge groups in order that they can be compared to the charge groups predicted by twisted K-theory for D-branes in a group manifold, thus providing a future important check to the theorem that D-brane charges are determined by twisted K-theory, one of the most important recent ideas in string theory. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physics and Mathematical Physics, 2003
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/263154 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Dawson, Peter Dale |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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