Duality and Strings, Space and Time
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Duality symmetries in M--theory and string theory are reviewed, with particular emphasis on the way in which string winding modes and brane wrapping modes can lead to new spatial dimensions. Brane world-volumes wrapping around Lorentzian tori can give rise to extra time dimensions and in this way dualities can change the number of time dimensions as well as the number of space dimensions. This suggests that brane wrapping modes and spacetime momenta should be on an equal footing and M--theory should not be formulated in a spacetime of definite dimension or signature.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911080,
title = {Duality and Strings, Space and Time},
author = {C. M. Hull},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911080},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Contribution to Proceedings of "Mathematical Sciences beyond the Second Millenium" held at the Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences, Beirut. 15 pages, Latex, sprocl.sty