Dilatons in string cosmology

被引:56
作者
Kaloper, Nemanja [1 ]
Olive, Keith A. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Minnesota, Tate Lab Phys, Sch Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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10.1016/0927-6505(93)90021-5
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We consider the evolution of the dilaton in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background by numerically integrating the equations of motion as determined by the low-energy expansion of the string theory action. We find that the dilaton may be fixed by either self-interaction terms providing a dilaton mass or decoupling in a radiation dominated Universe. We also comment on conditions applicable to an exponentially expanding phase.
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