A note on Tachyon dynamics
arXiv:gr-qc/0508082 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.08.063
Abstract
A suitable splitting of tachyon field equation is able to disclose non trivial properties of Born-Infeld (some known, some unexpected) and Polyakov actions; the tachyon equation also can be analyzed in some detail. The analysis displays an intriguing connection between sine-Gordon theory and some crucial issues such as the emergence of perturbative string states when a D-Brane and an anti-D-Brane annihilate and the confinement of charged D-Branes.
11 pages, no figures, to be published on Physics Letters B