Charting the landscape of supercritical string theory.
Special solutions of string theory in supercritical dimensions can interpolate in time between theories with different numbers of spacetime dimensions and different amounts of world sheet supersymmetry. These solutions connect supercritical string theories to the more familiar string duality web in ten dimensions and provide a precise link between supersymmetric and purely bosonic string theories. Dimension quenching and c duality appear to be natural concepts in string theory, giving rise to large networks of interconnected theories.
Hellerman
Simeon
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School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA.
Swanson
Ian
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