Quantum rolling tachyon

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2004.10.055zbMATH Open1247.81337arXivhep-th/0407270OpenAlexW2063943214MaRDI QIDQ452213FDOQ452213

Authors: Romuald A. Janik, Jan Ambjørn 

Publication date: 19 September 2012

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

Abstract: We consider the quantum treatment of the rolling tachyon background describing the decay of D-branes in the limit of weak string coupling. We focus on the propagation of an open string in the fluctuating background and show how the boundary string action is modified by quantum effects. A bilocal term in the boundary action is generated which, however, does not spoil the vanishing of the $$ function at one loop. The propagation of an open string for large times is found to be very strongly suppressed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407270

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zbMATH Keywords

open stringsrolling tachyon background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cites Work

• Boundary deformation theory and moduli spaces of D-branes
• Exact solution of a boundary conformal field theory
• Interpolating between open and closed strings -- a BSFT approach
• The decay of quantum D-branes

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