Aspects of Collapsing Cycles
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
Much has been learned about string theory over the last few years by studying properties of cycles and branes in a given background geometry. Here we discuss three situations (quantum volume, attractor flows/D-brane stability, and dynamical topology change) in which cycles in a Calabi-Yau background evolve and/or degenerate in some manner, yielding various insights into aspects of quantum geometry. Based in part on talk given at Strings 2000.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0011059,
title = {Aspects of Collapsing Cycles},
author = {Brian R. Greene},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0011059},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 8 figures, Latex