67 research outputs found
Comments on real tachyon vacuum solution without square roots
We analyze the consistency of a recently proposed real tachyon vacuum
solution without square roots in open bosonic string field theory. We show that
the equation of motion contracted with the solution itself is satisfied.
Additionally, by expanding the solution in the basis of the curly
and the traditional eigenstates, we evaluate numerically
the vacuum energy and obtain a result in agreement with Sen's conjecture.Comment: 20 pages; one subsection adde
Pure Spinor Partition Function Using Pade Approximants
In a recent paper, the partition function (character) of ten-dimensional pure
spinor worldsheet variables was calculated explicitly up to the fifth
mass-level. In this letter, we propose a novel application of Pade approximants
as a tool for computing the character of pure spinors. We get results up to the
twelfth mass-level. This work is a first step towards an explicit construction
of the complete pure spinor partition function.Comment: 16 page
Level truncation analysis of a simple tachyon vacuum solution in cubic superstring field theory
We evaluate the vacuum energy of a simple tachyon vacuum solution using the
level truncation scheme in cubic superstring field theory. By truncating the
standard Virasoro level expansion of the solution, we obtain a value of
the vacuum energy in agreement with Sen's first conjecture.Comment: 20 pages, extra factor 2/\pi deleted from equation (3.2), some typos
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Multibrane solutions in cubic superstring field theory
Using the elements of the so-called subalgebra, we study a class
of analytic solutions depending on a single function in the modified
cubic superstring field theory. We compute the energy associated to these
solutions and show that the result can be expressed in terms of a contour
integral. For a particular choice of the function , we show that the
energy is given by integer multiples of a single D-brane tension.Comment: 14 pages, some typos correcte
Hilbert space of curved \beta\gamma systems on quadric cones
We clarify the structure of the Hilbert space of curved \beta\gamma systems
defined by a quadratic constraint. The constraint is studied using intrinsic
and BRST methods, and their partition functions are shown to agree. The quantum
BRST cohomology is non-empty only at ghost numbers 0 and 1, and there is a
one-to-one mapping between these two sectors. In the intrinsic description, the
ghost number 1 operators correspond to the ones that are not globally defined
on the constrained surface. Extension of the results to the pure spinor
superstring is discussed in a separate work.Comment: 45 page
Cubic interaction term for Schnabl's solution using Pade approximants
We evaluate the cubic interaction term in the action of open bosonic string
field theory for Schnabl's solution written in terms of Bernoulli numbers. This
computation provides us with a new evidence for the fact that the string field
equation of motion is satisfied when it is contracted with the solution itself.Comment: 13 pages, added references and fixed typo
Numerical solution of open string field theory in Schnabl gauge
Using traditional Virasoro level-truncation computations, we evaluate
the open bosonic string field theory action up to level . Extremizing
this level-truncated potential, we construct a numerical solution for tachyon
condensation in Schnabl gauge. We find that the energy associated to the
numerical solution overshoots the expected value at level .
Extrapolating the level-truncation data for to estimate the vacuum
energies for , we predict that the energy reaches a minimum value at , and then turns back to approach asymptotically as . Furthermore, we analyze the tachyon vacuum expectation value (vev),
for which by extrapolating its corresponding level-truncation data, we predict
that the tachyon vev reaches a minimum value at , and then turns
back to approach the expected analytical result as .Comment: 37 pages, 9 figures, some typos correcte
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