On the relevance of tachyons

We study condensation of open string tachyons using renormalization group flow in the worldsheet field theory. This approach leads to a simple picture of the physics of the nontrivial condensate.

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Main Authors Harvey, J. A, Kutasov, D, Martinec, E. J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.03.2000
Subjects
Physics - High Energy Physics - Theory
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Summary:We study condensation of open string tachyons using renormalization group flow in the worldsheet field theory. This approach leads to a simple picture of the physics of the nontrivial condensate.
Bibliography:EFI-2000-9
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0003101