Closed-String Tachyon Condensation and the Worldsheet Super-Higgs Effect
| dc.creator | Horava, Petr | |
| dc.creator | Keeler, Cynthia A. | |
| dc.date | 2007-09-13 | |
| dc.date | 2007-11-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:37:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:37:10Z | |
| dc.description | Alternative gauge choices for worldsheet supersymmetry can elucidate dynamical phenomena obscured in the usual superconformal gauge. In the particular example of the tachyonic $E_8$ heterotic string, we use a judicious gauge choice to show that the process of closed-string tachyon condensation can be understood in terms of a worldsheet super-Higgs effect. The worldsheet gravitino assimilates the goldstino and becomes a dynamical propagating field. Conformal, but not superconformal, invariance is maintained throughout. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages; v2: typos corrected, a reference added; v3: final version, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. (abstract and intro modified for a broader audience) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2162 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2162 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.Lett.100:051601,2008 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.051601 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199112 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Closed-String Tachyon Condensation and the Worldsheet Super-Higgs Effect | |
| dc.type | text |