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Another Length Scale in String Theory?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We suggest that some of the remarkable results on stringy dynamics which have been found recently indicate the existence of another dynamical length scale in string theory that, at weak coupling, is much shorter than the string scale. This additional scale corresponds to a mass ms/gs\sim m_{\rm s}/g_{\rm s} where msm_{\rm s} is the square root of the string tension and gsg_{\rm s} is the string coupling constant. In four dimensions this coincides with the Planck mass.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9509132,
  title  = {Another Length Scale in String Theory?},
  author = {Stephen H. Shenker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9509132},
  year   = {2007}
}

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19 pages, harvmac, one eps figure in separate uuencoded file