Macroscopic fundamental strings in cosmology

Y. Aharonov*, F. Englert, J. Orloff

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Abstract

We show that, when D{slanted equal to or greater-than}4, theories of closed strings of closed strings in D, non-compact space-time dimensions exhibit a phase transition. The high-temperature phase is characterized by a condensate of arbitrarily long strings with Hausdorff dimension two (area filling curves). We suggest that this stringy phase is the ancestor of the adiabatic era. Fundamental strings could then both drive the inflation and seed, in a way reminiscent of the cosmic string mechanism, the large structures in the universe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)366-370
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume199
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Dec 1987

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