Mirror Symmetry and Closed String Tachyon Condensation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We study closed string tachyon condensation using the RG flow of the worldsheet theory. In many cases the worldsheet theory enjoys N=2 supersymmetry, which provides analytic control over the flow, due to non-renormalization theorems. Moreover, Mirror symmetry sheds light on the RG flow in such cases. We discuss the relevant tachyon condensation in the context of both compact and non-compact situations which lead to very different conclusions. Furthermore, the tachyon condensation leads to non-trivial dualities for non-supersymmetric probe theories.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111051,
title = {Mirror Symmetry and Closed String Tachyon Condensation},
author = {Cumrun Vafa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111051},
year = {2007}
}
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19 pages