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A Wave-function for Stringy Universes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-13 v3

Abstract

We define a wave-function for string theory cosmological backgrounds. We give a prescription for computing its norm following an earlier analysis within general relativity. Under Euclidean continuation, the cosmologies we discuss in this paper are described in terms of compact parafermionic worldsheet systems. To define the wave-function we provide a T-fold description of the parafermionic conformal field theory, and of the corresponding string cosmology. In specific examples, we compute the norm of the wave-function and comment on its behavior as a function of moduli.

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@article{arxiv.0704.1996,
  title  = {A Wave-function for Stringy Universes},
  author = {Costas Kounnas and Nicolaos Toumbas and Jan Troost},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1996},
  year   = {2009}
}

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30 pages, 3 figures, v3: references added