Non-BPS D0-brane instanton effects in type I string theory

TL;DR

This paper studies the effects of non-BPS D0-brane instantons in type I string theory, analyzing their properties and implications through effective action calculations on a specific compactification background.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of non-BPS D0-brane instanton effects and their general properties within type I string theory, expanding understanding of non-BPS instantons.

Findings

Characterized properties of non-BPS D0-brane instantons.

Analyzed instanton effects on $R^9\times S^1$.

Discussed implications for string theory dynamics.

Abstract

We investigate the instanton effects of non-BPS D0-brane in type I string theory. We argue the general properties of these instanton effects and consider these on $R^9\times S^1$ as a simple example using the effective action of D0-brane.