Closed-string tachyon condensation and the worldsheet super-Higgs effect

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.100.051601MaRDI QIDQ3107722zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Petr Hořava, Cynthia A. Keeler

Publication date 26 December 2011

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2162

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Alternative gauge choices for worldsheet supersymmetry can elucidate dynamical phenomena obscured in the usual superconformal gauge. In the particular example of the tachyonic $E_8$ heterotic string, we use a judicious gauge choice to show that the process of closed-string tachyon condensation can be understood in terms of a worldsheet super-Higgs effect. The worldsheet gravitino assimilates the goldstino and becomes a dynamical propagating field. Conformal, but not superconformal, invariance is maintained throughout.

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2232318
• On condensation of closed-string tachyons
• Closed-String Tachyon Condensation and the On-Shell Effective Action of Open-String Tachyons
• Gauge invariance and tachyon condensation in cubic superstring field theory
• Closed string tachyon condensation: an overview

Cites work

• Casimir effect between world-branes in heterotic M-theory.
• On the uniqueness of string theory

Cited in

(4)

• Heterotic strings on \(\mathbb{T}^3/\mathbb{Z}_2\), Nikulin involutions and M-theory
• Light-like tachyon condensation in open string field theory
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2232318 (Why is no real title available?)
• A T-duality of non-supersymmetric heterotic strings and an implication for topological modular forms

This page was built for publication: Closed-string tachyon condensation and the worldsheet super-Higgs effect

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3107722)