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Consistency Conditions for Orientifolds and D-Manifolds

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We study superstrings with orientifold projections and with generalized open string boundary conditions (D-branes). We find two types of consistency condition, one related to the algebra of Chan-Paton factors and the other to cancellation of divergences. One consequence is that the Dirichlet 5-branes of the Type I theory carry a symplectic gauge group, as required by string duality. As another application we study the Type I theory on a $K3$ $Z_2$ orbifold, finding a family of consistent theories with various unitary and symplectic subgroups of $U(16) \times U(16)$. We argue that the $K3$ orbifold with spin connection embedded in gauge connection corresponds to an interacting conformal field theory in the Type I theory.

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Confinement in a finite duality cascade

hep-th · 2026-04-20 · conditional · novelty 5.0

Holographic consistency checks confirm confinement (area law), domain-wall dynamics matching YM-CS theory, and absence of stable axionic strings in a D3/O7-conifold gauge/gravity dual.

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