Abstract
Alternative gauge choices for worldsheet supersymmetry can elucidate dynamical phenomena obscured in the usual superconformal gauge. In the particular example of the tachyonic E8 heterotic string, we use a judicious gauge choice to show that the process of closed-string tachyon condensation can be understood in terms of a worldsheet super-Higgs effect. The worldsheet gravitino assimilates the goldstino and becomes a dynamical propagating field. Conformal, but not superconformal, invariance is maintained throughout.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 051601 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 4 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)