When Strings Surprise

N. Itzhaki; U. Peleg

When Strings Surprise

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-08-15 v3

Authors: N. Itzhaki , U. Peleg

Abstract

We argue that on-shell excitations with large negative energies are created rapidly when the string coupling increases with time. This does not indicate an inconsistency in string theory since the negative energy on-shell excitation is always entangled with an on-shell excitation with a positive energy. The total energy of this energy-EPR state vanishes. We discuss the reason the energy-EPR states appear in string theory and the role they might play in black hole physics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2404.03215,
  title  = {When Strings Surprise},
  author = {N. Itzhaki and U. Peleg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.03215},
  year   = {2024}
}