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Lectures on D-branes, tachyon condensation, and string field theory
Washington Taylor
These lectures provide an introduction to the subject of tachyon condensation in the open bosonic string. The problem of tachyon condensation is first described in the context of t…
Perturbative diagrams in string field theory
Washington Taylor
A general algorithm is presented which gives a closed-form expression for an arbitrary perturbative diagram of cubic string field theory at any loop order. For any diagram, the res…
Gauge Invariance and Tachyon Condensation in Open String Field Theory
Ian Ellwood, Washington Taylor
The gauge invariance of open string field theory is considered from the point of view of level truncation, and applications to the tachyon condensation problem are discussed. We sh…
D-particle polarizations with multipole moments of higher-dimensional branes
Karl Millar, Washington Taylor, Mark Van Raamsdonk
We study the polarization states of the D0-brane in type IIA string theory. In addition to states with angular momentum and magnetic dipole moments, there are polarization states o…
The M(atrix) model of M-theory
Washington Taylor
These lecture notes give a pedagogical and (mostly) self-contained review of some basic aspects of the Matrix model of M-theory. The derivations of the model as a regularized super…
Lectures on D-branes, Gauge Theory and M(atrices)
Washington Taylor
These notes give a pedagogical introduction to D-branes and Matrix theory. The development of the material is based on super Yang-Mills theory, which is the low-energy field theory…