Closed String Tachyon Condensation: An Overview
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
These notes are an expanded version of a review lecture on closed string tachyon condensation at the RTN workshop in Copenhagen in September 2003. We begin with a lightning review of open string tachyon condensation, and then proceed to review recent results on localized closed string tachyon condensation, focusing on two simple systems, C/Z_n orbifolds and twisted circle compactifications.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0405064,
title = {Closed String Tachyon Condensation: An Overview},
author = {Matthew Headrick and Shiraz Minwalla and Tadashi Takayanagi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0405064},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
harvmac, 59 pages; references added