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The Orbifold-String Theories of Permutation-Type: III. Lorentzian and Euclidean Space-Times in a Large Example

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-05-25 v1

Abstract

To illustrate the general results of the previous paper, we discuss here a large concrete example of the orbifold-string theories of permutation-type. For each of the many subexamples, we focus on evaluation of the \emph{target space-time dimension} D^j(σ)\hat{D}_j(\sigma), the \emph{target space-time signature} and the \emph{target space-time symmetry} of each cycle jj in each twisted sector σ\sigma. We find in particular a gratifying \emph{space-time symmetry enhancement} which naturally matches the space-time symmetry of each cycle to its space-time dimension. Although the orbifolds of Z2\Z_{2}-permutation-type are naturally Lorentzian, we find that the target space-times associated to larger permutation groups can be Lorentzian, Euclidean and even null (\hat{D}_{j}(\sigma)=0), with varying space-time dimensions, signature and symmetry in a single orbifold.

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@article{arxiv.1009.0809,
  title  = {The Orbifold-String Theories of Permutation-Type: III. Lorentzian and Euclidean Space-Times in a Large Example},
  author = {M. B. Halpern},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0809},
  year   = {2011}
}

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