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Tachyon Condensation and Open String Field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

We perform canonical quantization of the open string on a unstable D-brane in the background of the tachyon condensation. Evaluating the Polyakov path-integral on a stripe, we obtain the field theoretical propagator in the open string theory. As the condensation occurs the string field theory is continuously deformed. At the infrared fixed point of the condensation, the open string field on the unstable D-brane transmutes to that on the lower dimensional D-brane with the correct D-brane tension.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105264,
  title  = {Tachyon Condensation and Open String Field theory},
  author = {Taejin Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105264},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revtex, 12 pages, References added

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