The Tachyon does Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We review the concept of S-branes introduced by Gutperle and Strominger hep-th/0202210. Using the effective spacetime description of the rolling tachyon worldsheets discussed by Sen, we analyze the possibility that the gravitational backreaction of tachyon matter is important in the time-dependent process. We show that this is indeed the case in the example of the S0-brane in 4-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell theory. This talk is based on hep-th/0207235.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0212150,
title = {The Tachyon does Matter},
author = {A. Buchel and J. Walcher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0212150},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
8 pages, Talk given at 35th Symposium Ahrenshoop, Contribution to the Proceedings