Strings from Tachyons

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2003-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304224v3

JHEP 0312 (2003) 054

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

30 pages, 4 figures; v2: added references, improved discussion of Liouville boundary states, v3: small corrections

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2003/12/054

We propose a new interpretation of the c=1 matrix model as the world-line theory of N unstable D-particles, in which the hermitian matrix is provided by the non- abelian open string tachyon. For D-particles in 1+1-d string theory, we find a direct quantitative match between the closed string emission due to a rolling tachyon and that due to a rolling eigenvalue in the matrix model. We explain the origin of the double-scaling limit, and interpret it as an extreme representative of a large equivalence class of dual theories. Finally, we define a concrete decoupling limit of unstable D-particles in IIB string theory that reduces to the c=1 matrix model, suggesting that 1+1-d string theory represents the near-horizon limit of an ultra-dense gas of IIB D-particles.

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