Relativistic D-brane Scattering is Extremely Inelastic.

McAllister, L. ; Mitra, I.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: D-brane;    Particle rapidity;    Symmetry;    Scattering;    Oscillators;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004833015

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

We study the effects of quantum production of open strings on the relativistic scattering of D-branes. We find strong corrections to the brane trajectory from copious production of highly-excited open strings, whose typical oscillator level is proportional to the square of the rapidity. In the corrected trajectory, the branes rapidly coincide and remain trapped in a configuration with enhanced symmetry. This is a purely stringy effect which makes relativistic brane collisions exceptionally inelastic. We observe that pair-creation of open strings could play an important role in cosmological scenarios in which branes approach each other at very high speeds.