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hep-th2007★ 14 cited
M-Theory Through the Looking Glass: Tachyon Condensation in the E_8 Heterotic String
Petr Horava, Cynthia A. Keeler
We study the spacetime decay to nothing in string theory and M-theory. First we recall a nonsupersymmetric version of heterotic M-theory, in which bubbles of nothing -- connecting…
hep-th2007★ 12 cited
Closed-String Tachyon Condensation and the Worldsheet Super-Higgs Effect
Petr Horava, Cynthia A. Keeler
Alternative gauge choices for worldsheet supersymmetry can elucidate dynamical phenomena obscured in the usual superconformal gauge. In the particular example of the tachyonic $E_8…
hep-th2007★ 8 cited
Strings on AdS_2 and the High-Energy Limit of Noncritical M-Theory
Petr Horava, Cynthia A. Keeler
Noncritical M-theory in 2+1 dimensions has been defined as a double-scaling limit of a nonrelativistic Fermi liquid on a flat two-dimensional plane. Here we study this noncritical…