Fisher equation for a decaying brane
Abstract
We consider the inhomogeneous decay of an unstable D-brane. The dynamical equation that describes this process (in light-cone time) is a variant of the non-linear reaction-diffusion equation that first made its appearance in the pioneering work of (Luther and) Fisher and appears in a variety of natural phenomena. We analyze its travelling front solution using singular perturbation theory.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP12(2011)015
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1108.0094
- Bibcode:
- 2011JHEP...12..015G
- Keywords:
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- Tachyon Condensation;
- Bosonic Strings;
- String Field Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 4 figures