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arxiv: 0806.1491 · v3 · submitted 2008-06-09 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.stat-mech· math-ph· math.MP

N-point functions in rolling tachyon background

classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.stat-mechmath-phmath.MP
keywords n-pointtachyonamplitudeboundaryfunctionsone-pointresultstring
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We study n-point boundary correlation functions in Timelike Boundary Liouville theory, relevant for open string multiproduction by a decaying unstable D-brane. We give an exact result for the one-point function of the tachyon vertex operator and show that it is consistent with a previously proposed relation to a conserved charge in string theory. We also discuss when the one-point amplitude vanishes. Using a straightforward perturbative expansion, we find an explicit expression for a tachyon n-point amplitude for all n, however the result is still a toy model. The calculation uses a new asymptotic approximation for Toeplitz determinants, derived by relating the system to a Dyson gas at finite temperature.

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