On higher derivative corrections of tachyon action

Abstract

We have examined the momentum expansion of the disk level S-matrix element of two tachyons and two gauge fields to find, up to on-shell ambiguity, the couplings of these fields in the world volume theory of N coincident non-BPS D-branes to all order of α ′ . Using the proposal that the action of D-brane–anti-D-brane is given by the projection of the action of two non-BPS D-branes with ( − 1 ) F L , we find the corresponding couplings in the world volume theory of the brane–anti-brane system. Using these infinite tower of couplings, we then calculate the massless pole of the scattering amplitude of one RR field, two tachyons and one gauge field in the brane–anti-brane theory. We find that the massless pole of the field theory amplitude is exactly equal to the massless pole of the disk level S-matrix element of one RR, two tachyons and one gauge field to all order of α ′ . We have also found the couplings of four tachyons to all order of α ′ by examining the S-matrix element of four tachyons.