Charting the landscape of supercritical string theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Special solutions of string theory in supercritical dimensions can interpolate in time between theories with different numbers of spacetime dimensions (via dimension quenching) and different amounts of worldsheet supersymmetry (via c-duality). These solutions connect supercritical string theories to the more familiar string duality web in ten dimensions, and provide a precise link between supersymmetric and purely bosonic string theories. Dimension quenching and c-duality appear to be natural concepts in string theory, giving rise to large networks of interconnected theories. We describe some of these networks in detail and discuss general consistency constraints on the types of transitions that arise in this framework.
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@article{arxiv.0705.0980,
title = {Charting the landscape of supercritical string theory},
author = {Simeon Hellerman and Ian Swanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0980},
year = {2008}
}