Tachyon condensation in string field theory

Details Tachyon condensation in string field theory Tachyon condensation in string field theory

1999-12-24

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912249v1

JHEP 0003:002,2000

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

13 pages, LaTex

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/002

It has been conjectured that at a stationary point of the tachyon potential for the D-brane of bosonic string theory, the negative energy density exactly cancels the D-brane tension. We evaluate this tachyon potential by off-shell calculations in open string field theory. Surprisingly, the condensation of the tachyon mode alone into the stationary point of its cubic potential is found to cancel about 70% of the D-brane tension. Keeping relevant scalars up to four mass levels above the tachyon, the energy density at the shifted stationary point cancels 99% of the D-brane tension.

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