The spontaneous compactification of the closed bosonic string

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02807-1MaRDI QIDQ701655zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter West

Publication date 6 November 2002

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

higher space-time derivative termsLandau liquid-crystal transition theoryvacuum

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)

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.

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