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Matrix Cosmology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

Exact time-dependent solutions of c=1 string theory are described using the free fermion formulation. One such class of solutions describes draining of the Fermi sea and has a spacetime interpretation as closed string tachyon condensation. A second class of solutions, corresponding to droplets of Fermi liquid orbiting in phase space, describes closed cosmologies which bounce through singularities.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0309138,
  title  = {Matrix Cosmology},
  author = {Joanna L. Karczmarek and Andrew Strominger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0309138},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, 6 figures, v2: added references, minor additions and corrections