A note on perturbative and nonperturbative instabilities of twisted circles

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02599-6zbMATH Open0998.83052arXivhep-th/0207131MaRDI QIDQ699193FDOQ699193

Authors: Michael Gutperle 

Publication date: 6 October 2002

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

Abstract: In this short note we compare the endpoint of tachyon condensation of twisted circles with the endpoint of nonpertubative brane nucleation in the Kaluza-Klein Melvin spacetime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207131

zbMATH Keywords

Kaluza-Klein Melvin spacetimenonperturbative brane nucleation endpointtachyon condensation endpoint

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Cites Work

• Black holes in higher dimensional space-times
• Instability of the Kaluza-Klein vacuum
• Phases of \(N=2\) theories in two dimensions
• Magnetic flux tube models in superstring theory
• Pure magnetic and electric geons
• Casimir effect between world-branes in heterotic M-theory.
• Magnetic backgrounds and tachyonic instabilities in closed superstring theory and M-theory

Cited In (1)

• On Witten's instability and winding tachyons

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