On Superconnections and the Tachyon Effective Action
Mohsen Alishahiha, Harald Ita, Yaron Oz
TL;DR
This paper introduces a new effective action formulation for tachyon and gauge fields in brane-antibrane systems using supercurvature, successfully reproducing D-brane tensions and connecting to existing models.
Contribution
It presents a novel supercurvature-based effective action for tachyon and gauge fields in brane systems, aligning with known tensions and relating to BSFT.
Findings
Reproduces exact tensions of lower-dimensional D-branes
Proposes a supercurvature-based effective action
Connects with BSFT and other models
Abstract
We propose a form of the effective action of the tachyon and gauge fields for brane-antibrane systems and non-BPS Dp-branes, written in terms of the supercurvature. Kink and vortex solutions with constant infinite gauge field strength reproduce the exact tensions of the lower-dimensional D-branes. We discuss the relation to BSFT and other models in the literature.
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