 Coincident-D-brane gauge enhancement (source code)

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= Coincident-D-brane gauge enhancement
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When $n$ parallel D-branes coincide, oriented strings joining distinct branes become massless alongside strings whose ends lie on one brane. Their Chan-Paton labels fill the adjoint representation of $U(n)$, enhancing $U(1)^n$ to $U(n)$.

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