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String Loop Corrections to Stable Non-BPS Branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v2

Abstract

We calculate the string loop corrections to the tachyon potential for stable non-BPS Dp-branes on the orbifold T^4/Z_2. We find a non-trivial phase structure and we show that, after tachyon condensation, the non-BPS Dp-branes are attracted to each other for p=0,1,2. We then identify the corresponding closed string boundary states together with the massless long range fields they excite. For p=3,4 the string loop correction diverge. We identify the massless closed string fields responsible for these divergencies and regularise the partition function using a Fischler-Susskind mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0010045,
  title  = {String Loop Corrections to Stable Non-BPS Branes},
  author = {N. D. Lambert and I. Sachs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0010045},
  year   = {2010}
}

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References added and some minor corrections