# Closed string tachyons, flips and conifolds

Source: [Closed string tachyons, flips and conifolds](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa27102c2a3760193bfd57>)

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Authors: K. Narayan

Published: 2005-10-12T19:38:03.000Z

## Abstract

Following the analysis of tachyons and orbifold flips described in hep-th/0412337, we study nonsupersymmetric analogs of the supersymmetric conifold singularity and show using their toric geometry description that they are nonsupersymmetric orbifolds of the latter. Using linear sigma models, we see that these are unstable to localized closed string tachyon condensation and exhibit flip transitions between their two small resolutions (involving 2-cycles), in the process mediating mild dynamical topology change. Our analysis shows that the structure of these nonsupersymmetric conifolds as quotients of the supersymmetric conifold obstructs the 3-cycle deformation of such singularities, suggesting that these nonsupersymmetric conifolds decay by evolving towards their stable small resolutions.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510104>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0510104.pdf>)