Decay Rates of Fixed Planes and Closed-string Tachyons on Unstable Orbifolds
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We consider closed-string tachyon condensation in the twisted sectors onC/Z2n+1× R 7,1 orbifold. We calculate the localized energy density at the fixed plane on the orbifold at the one-loop level, and we obtain the decay rate per unit volume of the fixed plane at the leading order. We show that the decay rate increases monotonically as n grows. ∗[email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2003