O(d,d)-invariant collapse/inflation from colliding superstring waves

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Published 22 November 2000 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Valerio Bozza and Gabriele Veneziano JHEP10(2000)035 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/10/035

1126-6708/2000/10/035

Abstract

Generalizing previous work, we study the collision of massless superstring plane waves in D space-time dimensions within an explicitly O(D−2, D−2)-invariant set of field equations. We discuss some general properties of the solutions, showing in particular that they always lead to the formation of a singularity in the future. Using the above symmetry, we obtain entire classes of new analytic solutions with non-trivial metric, dilaton and antisymmetric field, and discuss some of their properties of specific relevance to string cosmology.

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10.1088/1126-6708/2000/10/035