Renormalization of boundary fermions and world-volume potentials on D-branes

P. Khorsand, T.R. Taylor
2001 Nuclear Physics B  
We consider a sigma model formulation of open string theory with boundary fermions carrying Chan-Paton charges at the string ends. This formalism is particularly suitable for studying world-volume potentials on D-branes. We perform explicit two-loop sigma model computations of the potential T-dual to the non-abelian Born-Infeld action. We also discuss the world-volume couplings of NS fluxes which are responsible for Myers' dielectric effect.
doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(01)00356-x fatcat:q32b3bt5frc2xkcsfy2qz5svmu