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arxiv: hep-th/0309024 · v1 · submitted 2003-09-02 · ✦ hep-th

Decay of type 0 NS5-branes to nothing

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keywords ns5-branesstringtachyoncloseddecayinstabilitynothingtype
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The perturbative vacuum of type 0 string theory is unstable due to the existence of the closed string tachyon. This instability can be removed by S^1 compactification with twisted boundary condition for the tachyon field. We show that even in this situation unwrapped NS5-branes are unstable and decay to bubbles of nothing smoothly without tunneling any potential barrier. We discuss a relation between the closed string tachyon condensation and the instability of NS5-branes.

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