String field theory and tachyon condensation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004.
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| author | Ellwood, Ian Thomas, 1977- |
| author2 | Washington Taylor. |
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| description | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/294552019-04-10T17:25:43Z String field theory and tachyon condensation Ellwood, Ian Thomas, 1977- Washington Taylor. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-142). In this thesis I discuss various aspects of Witten's cubic string field theory. After a brief review of the basics of string field theory we begin by showing how string field theory can be used to check certain conjectures about the tachyon vacuum. We then discuss the problem of trying to globally gauge fix string field theory. We end with a discussion of various results in the quantization of the theory. by Ian Thomas Ellwood. Ph.D. 2005-10-14T20:38:59Z 2005-10-14T20:38:59Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29455 56211623 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 142 p. 5401934 bytes 9433284 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Ellwood, Ian Thomas, 1977- String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title | String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title_full | String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title_fullStr | String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title_full_unstemmed | String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title_short | String field theory and tachyon condensation |
| title_sort | string field theory and tachyon condensation |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29455 |
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