Phases of unstable conifolds
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai-400005 (India)
We explore the phase structure induced by closed string tachyon condensation of toric nonsupersymmetric conifold-like singularities described by an integral charge matrix Q=(n{sub 1}n{sub 2}-n{sub 3}-n{sub 4}), n{sub i}>0, iQ{sub i}{ne}0, initiated by Narayan [J. High Energy Phys. 03 (2006) 036]. Using gauged linear sigma model renormalization group flows and toric geometry techniques, we see a cascadelike phase structure containing decays to lower order conifold-like singularities, including, in particular, the supersymmetric conifold and the Y{sup pq} spaces. This structure is consistent with the Type II GSO projection obtained previously for these singularities. Transitions between the various phases of these geometries include flips and flops.
- OSTI ID:
- 21020213
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.066001; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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