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Closed String Tachyon Condensation: An Overview

Matthew Headrick, Shiraz Minwalla, Tadashi Takayanagi

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These notes are an expanded version of a review lecture on closed string tachyon condensation at the RTN workshop in Copenhagen in September 2003. We begin with a lightning review of open string tachyon condensation, and then proceed to review recent results on localized closed string tachyon condensation, focusing on two simple systems, C/Z_n orbifolds and twisted circle compactifications.

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Key concepts: Tachyon condensation, Tachyon, Physics, String (physics), Tachyonic field, Condensation, Theoretical physics, Non-critical string theory