ASPECTS OF COLLAPSING CYCLES

DOI10.1142/S0217751X01003895zbMath0980.81054arXivhep-th/0011059OpenAlexW2950593054MaRDI QIDQ2735267

Brian R. Greene

Publication date: 11 March 2002

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0011059

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityquantum geometrystring theorybranesquantum volumebackground geometryattractor flowsCalabi-Yau backgrounddynamical topological change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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