A note on nonperturbative instability in string theory

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)01564-2MaRDI QIDQ1348819zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Pereyra

Publication date 14 May 2002

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0112088

zbMATH Keywords

barrier penetrationD-instantonworldsheet methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We investigate the possibility that stringy nonperturbative instabilities are described by worldsheet methods. We focus on the case of open bosonic string theory, where the D-instanton plays a role of the bounce, i.e. it describes barrier penetration. In the process, we compute the exponential factor in a decay probability.

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