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Renormalization-group flows and charge transmutation in string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We analyze the behaviour of heterotic squashed-Wess-Zumino-Witten backgrounds under renormalization-group flow. The flows we consider are driven by perturbation creating extra gauge fluxes. We show how the conformal point acts as an attractor from both the target-space and world-sheet points of view. We also address the question of instabilities created by the presence of closed time-like curves in string backgrounds

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0512086,
  title  = {Renormalization-group flows and charge transmutation in string theory},
  author = {Domenico Orlando and P. Marios Petropoulos and Konstadinos Sfetsos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0512086},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Based on a talk given by D.O. at the RTN meeting "Constituents, Fundamental Forces and symmetries of the Universe'' in Corfu, Greece, 20-26 September 2005