Non-supersymmetric string theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2011)078zbMATH Open1303.81173OpenAlexW2161543915MaRDI QIDQ489565FDOQ489565

Authors Emil J. Martinec, Savdeep Sethi, Daniel Robbins 

Publication date 20 January 2015

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3498

zbMATH Keywords

long stringsM(atrix) theoriestachyon condensation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: A class of non-supersymmetric string backgrounds can be constructed using twists that involve space-time fermion parity. We propose a non-perturbative definition of string theory in these backgrounds via gauge theories with supersymmetry softly broken by twisted boundary conditions. The perturbative string spectrum is reproduced, and qualitative effects of the interactions are discussed. Along the way, we find an interesting mechanism for inflation. The end state of closed string tachyon condensation is a highly excited state in the gauge theory which, in all likelihood, does not have a geometric interpretation.

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