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D-branes, categories and \({\mathcal N}=1\) supersymmetry. (English) Zbl 1036.81027

Summary: We show that boundary conditions in topological open string theory on Calabi-Yau (CY) manifolds are objects in the derived category of coherent sheaves, as foreseen in the homological mirror symmetry proposal of Kontsevich. Together with conformal field theory considerations, this leads to a precise criterion determining the supersymmetry preserving branes at any point in CY moduli space, completing the proposal of II-stability.

MSC:

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
14J32 Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects)
18E30 Derived categories, triangulated categories (MSC2010)
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