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SPACE–TIME SINGULARITIES IN STRING AND ITS LOW DIMENSIONAL EFFECTIVE THEORY

PREET SHARMA

GCAP-CASPER, Physics Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7316, USA

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ANDREAS TZIOLAS

GCAP-CASPER, Physics Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7316, USA

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ANZHONG WANG

GCAP-CASPER, Physics Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7316, USA

Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China

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ZHONG CHAO WU

Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X11051408Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Space–time singularities are studied in both the (D+d)-dimensional string theory and its D-dimensional effective theory, obtained by the Kaluza–Klein compactification. It is found that space–time singularities in the low dimensional effective theory may or may not remain after lifted to the (D+d)-dimensional string theory, depending on particular solutions. It is also found that there exist cases in which space–time singularities appearing in high/low dimensional space–times do not necessarily happen on the same surfaces.

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PACS: 03.50.+h, 11.10.Kk, 98.80.Cq, 97.60.-s

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