The spontaneous compactification of the closed bosonic string

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02807-1zbMATH Open0999.83054arXivhep-th/0208214OpenAlexW2060867756MaRDI QIDQ701655FDOQ701655

Authors: Peter West 

Publication date: 6 November 2002

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We argue that the higher space-time derivative terms that occur in closed bosonic string field theory are reminiscent of those found in the Landau theory of liquid-crystal transitions. We examine the lowest level approximation of the closed bosonic string and find evidence for the existence of a new vacuum that spontaneously breaks Lorentz and translation symmetries. This effect can be interpreted as a spontaneous compactification of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0208214

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zbMATH Keywords

vacuumhigher space-time derivative termsLandau liquid-crystal transition theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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