2001/05/28 by Gleb Arutyunov, G. Arutyunov, Ari Pankiewicz +3 · 34 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Bosonic string theory #Boundary (topology) #Brane #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #D-brane #Gauge theory #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Non-critical string theory #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Partition function (quantum field theory) #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String field theory #Superstring theory #Supersymmetry #Tachyon #Tachyon condensation #Tachyonic field #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/049
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2001(06), 049 (Springer Nature) · 31 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX; v2 32 pages, references added, typos corrected, discussion of open string normal ordering constant modified
arxiv created 2001/05/28 · openalex publication_date 2001/06/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We compute the Boundary Superstring Field Theory partition function on the annulus in the presence of independent linear tachyon profiles on the two boundaries. The R-R sector is found to contribute non-trivially to the derivative terms of the space-time effective action. In the process we construct a boundary state description of D-branes in the presence of a linear tachyon. We quantize the open string in a tachyonic background and address the question of open/closed string duality.