PIRSA:08060131

Backreaction in Closed String Tachyon Condensation

Frey, A. (2008). Backreaction in Closed String Tachyon Condensation. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08060131

Frey, Andrew. Backreaction in Closed String Tachyon Condensation. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 03, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08060131 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08060131,
            doi = {10.48660/08060131},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/08060131},
            author = {Frey, Andrew},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings, Particle Physics, Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Backreaction in Closed String Tachyon Condensation},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2008},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:08060131 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Andrew Frey University of Winnipeg

Talk numberPIRSA:08060131
DOI10.48660/08060131
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Abstract

Working in the weak tachyon region of a condensing tachyon background, we find the modified equations of motion for massless strings with conformal perturbation theory. We then estimate the backreaction on the background dilaton. In large (supercritical) dimensions, we find that the backreaction can be significant in a large region of spacetime.