Mass generation from tachyon condensation for vector fields on D-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v3
Abstract
The level truncation approach to string field theory is used to study the zero-momentum action for vector excitations on a bosonic D-brane which has been annihilated by tachyon condensation. It is shown that in the true vacuum the translation zero modes associated with transverse scalars on the D-brane are lifted by spontaneous generation of mass terms. Similarly, the U(1) gauge field on the brane develops a nonzero mass term.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0008033,
title = {Mass generation from tachyon condensation for vector fields on D-branes},
author = {Washington Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0008033},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages, LaTeX; v3: reference added