A point's point of view of stringy geometry

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/002zbMATH Open1225.14033arXivhep-th/0203111OpenAlexW1980881560MaRDI QIDQ644394FDOQ644394

Authors: Paul S. Aspinwall 

Publication date: 4 November 2011

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The notion of a "point" is essential to describe the topology of spacetime. Despite this, a point probably does not play a particularly distinguished role in any intrinsic formulation of string theory. We discuss one way to try to determine the notion of a point from a worldsheet point of view. The derived category description of D-branes is the key tool. The case of a flop is analyzed and Pi-stability in this context is tied in to some ideas of Bridgeland. Monodromy associated to the flop is also computed via Pi-stability and shown to be consistent with previous conjectures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0203111

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Mirror symmetry (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J33) Relationships between surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, and physics (14J81)

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