Boundary Superstring Field Theory Annulus Partition Function in the Presence of Tachyons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-02-03 v2
Abstract
We compute the Boundary Superstring Field Theory partition function on the annulus in the presence of independent linear tachyon profiles on the two boundaries. The R-R sector is found to contribute non-trivially to the derivative terms of the space-time effective action. In the process we construct a boundary state description of D-branes in the presence of a linear tachyon. We quantize the open string in a tachyonic background and address the question of open/closed string duality.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105238,
title = {Boundary Superstring Field Theory Annulus Partition Function in the Presence of Tachyons},
author = {G. Arutyunov and A. Pankiewicz and B. Stefanski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105238},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
31 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX; v2 32 pages, references added, typos corrected, discussion of open string normal ordering constant modified