Result: Closed string tachyon condensation: an overview

Title:
Closed string tachyon condensation: an overview
Source:
Papers from the RTN Workshop on the Quantum Structure of Spacetime and the Geometric Nature of Fundamental Interactions, Copenhagen, 15-20 September 2003Classical and quantum gravity (Print). 21(10):S1539-S1565
Publisher Information:
Bristol: Institute of Physics, 2004.
Publication Year:
2004
Physical Description:
print, 90 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
ISSN:
0264-9381
Rights:
Copyright 2004 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Physics of elementary particles and fields
Accession Number:
edscal.15782986
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

These notes are an expanded version of a review paper on closed string tachyon condensation at the RTN workshop in Copenhagen in September 2003. We begin with a lightning review of open string tachyon condensation, and then proceed to review recent results on localized closed string tachyon condensation, focusing on two simple systems, C/Zn orbifolds and twisted circle compactifications.