Disk Partition Function and Oscillatory Rolling Tachyons
Abstract
An exact cubic open string field theory rolling tachyon solution was recently found by Kiermaier et. al. and Schnabl. This oscillatory solution has been argued to be related by a field redefinition to the simple exponential rolling tachyon deformation of boundary conformal theory. In the latter approach, the disk partition function takes a simple form. Out of curiosity, we compute the disk partition function for an oscillatory tachyon profile, and find that the result is nevertheless almost the same.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0705.1916
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0705.1916
- Bibcode:
- 2007arXiv0705.1916J
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 2 figures. v4: discussion clarified, appendix added, conclusions unchanged