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In this note we discuss a possible resolution of the flux singularities associated with the insertion of branes in backgrounds supported by fluxes that carry charges opposite to the branes. We present qualitative arguments that such a setup could be unstable both in the closed and open string sector. The singularities in the fluxes then get naturally resolved by taking the true solution to be a time-dependent process in which flux gets attracted towards the brane and subsequently annihilates.
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Blåbäck, J., Danielsson, U.H. & Van Riet, T. Resolving anti-brane singularities through time-dependence. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 61 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2013)061
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