EXACT-SOLUTIONS AND SINGULARITIES IN STRING THEORY

被引:65
作者
HOROWITZ, GT [1 ]
TSEYTLIN, AA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,BLACKETT LAB,THEORET PHYS GRP,LONDON SW7 2BZ,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.50.5204
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We construct two new classes of exact solutions to string theory which are not of the standard plane wave or gauged WZW type. Many of these solutions have curvature singularities. The first class includes the fundamental string solution, for which the string coupling vanishes near the singularity. This suggests that the singularity may not be removed by quantum corrections. The second class consists of hybrids of plane wave and gauged WZW solutions. We discuss a four-dimensional example in detail.
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页码:5204 / 5224
页数:21
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