Cern–th-6077/91 Scale Factor Duality for Classical and Quantum Strings
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Duality under inversion of the cosmological scale factor is discussed both for the classical motion of strings in cosmological backgrounds and for genus zero, low energy effective actions. The string-modified, Einstein-Friedmann equations are then shown to possess physically-inequivalent, duality-related solutions which generically describe the ”decay” of an initial, perturbative, flat D = 10 superstring vacuum towards a more interesting strong-coupling state through an appealing pre-big-bang cosmological scenario. CERN–TH-6077/91 April 1991
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