Space-time and Topological Orbifolds
May, 198812 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 61 (1988) 670
Report number:
- IASSNS-HEP-88-28
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Abstract: (APS)
I consider string propagation in a certain complexified version of space-time, in an attempt to gain some intuition about a possible unbroken phase of string theory. Topological σ models (related to Floer and Gromov theory) correspond from this point of view to the consideration of only strings with a selfdual pattern of momenta and windings. I also observe an amusing generalization of the high-energy saddle point studied by Gross and Mende; this generalization involves complex space-time and separate Riemann surface moduli for left-moving and right-moving modes.- FIELD THEORY: TOPOLOGICAL
- FIELD THEORETICAL MODEL: SIGMA
- FIELD THEORY: SPACE-TIME
- MODEL: STRING
- ASTROPHYSICS
- OPERATOR: VERTEX
- TRANSFORMATION: BECCHI-ROUET-STORA
- MATHEMATICAL METHODS: DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
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