Spacelike Singularities and String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-04-06 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
An interpretation of spacelike singularities in string theory uses target space duality to relate the collapsing Schwarzschild geometry near the singularity to an inflationary cosmology in dual variables. An appealing picture thus results whereby gravitational collapse seeds the formation of a new universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9412074,
title = {Spacelike Singularities and String Theory},
author = {Emil Martinec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9412074},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
12 pages, latex, three figures (epsf); references added and latex cleaned up