2001/12/12 by Takao Suyama · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Combinatorics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Duality (order theory) #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge group #Gauge symmetry #Gauge theory #Geometry #Heterotic string theory #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Rank (graph theory) #String field theory #String theory #Symmetry (geometry) #Symmetry breaking #Tachyon #Tachyon condensation #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/033
published as JHEP 0202 (2002) 033 · 19 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2001/12/12 · openalex publication_date 2002/02/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We discuss the condensation of charged tachyons in the heterotic theory on the Kaluza-Klein Melvin background. The arguments are based on duality relations which are expected to hold from the adiabatic argument. It is argued that in many cases the rank of the gauge group is not changed by the condensation, as opposed to naive expectations.