A COMMENT ON THE STABILITY OF STRING MONOPOLES

被引:9
作者
KHURI, RR
机构
[1] Center for Theoretical Physics, Texas A and M University, College Station
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)90224-6
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In recent work a multimonopole solution of heterotic string theory was obtained. The monopoles are noted to be stable, in contrast with analogous solutions of Einstein-Maxwell or Yang-Mills-dilaton theory. The existence of this and other classes of stable solitonic solutions in string theory thus provides a possible test for low-energy string theory as distinct from other gauge + gravity theories.
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页码:302 / 304
页数:3
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