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Phys. Rev. D 66, 026004 (2002) [7 pages]

Dp-brane tension from tachyons and a B field in vacuum string field theory
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P. Matlock *, K. S. Viswanathan †, and Y. Yang ‡
Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6

R. C. Rashkov §
Department of Physics, Sofia University, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

Received 19 March 2002; published 28 June 2002

We consider tachyonic string-field fluctuations about a Dp-brane background in the geometrical (CFT) formulation of vacuum string field theory. We then extend this analysis to the case of a background B field. We find that the standard results for D-brane tension are reproduced in both cases.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v66/e026004
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.026004
PACS: 11.25.Sq

* Electronic address: pwm@sfu.ca
† Electronic address: kviswana@sfu.ca
‡ Electronic address: yyangc@sfu.ca
§ Electronic address: rash@phys.uni-sofia.bg

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