Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-09-27
JHEP0511:011,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
14 Latex pages including 3 eps-figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2005/11/011
We consider the Abelian Higgs model in a (p+2)-dimensional space time with topology M^{p+1} x S^1 as a field theoretical toy model for tachyon condensation on Dp-branes. The theory has periodic sphaleron solutions with the normal mode equations resembling Lame-type equations. These equations are quasi-exactly solvable (QES) for specific choices of the Higgs- to gauge boson mass ratio and hence a finite number of algebraic normal modes can be computed explicitely. We calculate the tachyon potential for two different values of the Higgs- to gauge boson mass ratio and show that in comparison to previously studied pure scalar field models an exact cancellation between the negative energy contribution at the minimum of the tachyon potential and the brane tension is possible for the simplest truncation in the expansion about the field around the sphaleron. This gives further evidence for the correctness of Sen's conjecture.
Brihaye Yves
Hartmann Betti
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