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Boundary String Field Theory at One-loop
We discuss the open string one-loop partition function in tachyon condensation background of a unstable D-brane system. We evaluate the partition function by using the boundary state formulation and find that it is in complete agreement with the result obtained in the boundary string field theory. It suggests that the open string higher loop diagrams may be produced consistently by a closed string field theory, where the D-brane plays a role of source for the closed string field.
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Tachyon condensation, boundary state, and noncommutative solitons
We discuss tachyon condensation in a single unstable D-brane in the framework of the boundary state formulation. The boundary state in the background of tachyon condensation and the Neveu-Schwarz B-field is explicitly constructed. We show in both commutative theory and noncommutative theory that the unstable D-branes behave like an extended object and eventually reduce to lower dimensional D-branes as the system approaches the infrared fixed point. We clarify the relationship between the commutative field theoretical description of tachyon condensation and the noncommutative one.
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Discrete light cone quantization of anti-de Sitter black hole and black string
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Topological Ward identity and anti-de Sitter space / CFT correspondence
Abstract The dual relationship between the supergravity in the anti-de Sitter (AdS) space and the superconformal field theory is discussed in the simplest form. We show that a topological Ward identity holds in the three dimensional Chern–Simons gravity. In this simple case the proposed dual relationship can be understood as the topological Ward identity. Extensions to the supersymmetric theories and higher dimensional ones are also briefly discussed.
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Quantum Brownian Motion on a Triangular Lattice and Fermi-Bose Equivalence: An Application of Boundary State Formulation
We discuss the Bose-Fermi equivalence in the quantum Brownian motion (QBM) on a triangular lattice, mapping the action for the QBM into a string theory action with a periodic boundary tachyon potential. We construct new Klein factors which are more appropriate than the conventional ones to deal with the quantum field theories defined on a two dimensioanl space-time with boundaries. Using the Fermi-Bose equivalence with the new Klein factors, we show that the model for the quantum Bownian motion on a triangular lattice is equivalent to the Thirring model with boundary terms, which are quadratic in fermion field operators, in the off-critical regions and to a SU(3) × SU(3) free fermion theory with quadratic boundary terms at the critical point.
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Relativistic Anyon and (2+1) Dimensional Gravity
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Borel resummation with low order perturbations in QCD
The bilocal expansion of Borel transform provides an efficient way of Borel resummation with low order perturbations in QCD. Its applications to the heavy quark pole mass, static potential, and lattice calculation are reviewed.
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Higher dimensional cosmological model with a phantom field
We consider a higher dimensional gravity theory with a negative kinetic energy scalar field and a cosmological constant. We find that the theory admits an exact cosmological solution for the scale factor of our universe. It has the feature that the universe undergoes a continuous transition from deceleration to acceleration at some finite time. This transition time can be interpreted as that of recent acceleration of our universe.
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Particle with non-Abelian charge: classical and quantum
We study the action for a non-Abelian charged particle in a non-Abelian background field in the worldline formalism, described by real bosonic variables, leading to the well known equations given by Wong. The isospin parts in the action can be viewed as the Lagrange multiplier term corresponding to a non-holonomic constraint restricting the isospins to be parallel transported. The path integration is performed over the isospin variables and as a result, the worldlines turn out to be constrained by the classical solutions for the isospins. We derive a wave equation from the path integral, constructed as the constrained Hamiltonian operator acting on the wave function. The operator ordering corresponding to the quantum Hamiltonian is found and verified by the inverse Weyl transformation.
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Why there is no spin-orbit inversion in heavy-light mesons
We show that the absence of spin-orbit inversions in heavy-light mesons can be explained by the chiral radiative corrections in potential model. A new potential model estimate is given of the masses for P-wave bottom mesons.
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Renormalons beyond one loop
Higher order renormalons beyond the chain of one-loop bubbles are discussed. A perturbation method for the infrared renormalon residue is found. The large order behavior of the current-current correlation function due to the first infrared renormalon is determined in both QED and QCD to the first three orders. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}