Black hole condensation and duality in string theory

DOI10.1016/0920-5632(96)00023-0zbMath0957.83540arXivhep-th/9510207OpenAlexW2051384708MaRDI QIDQ5927093

Andrew Strominger

Publication date: 8 March 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510207

zbMATH Keywords

uniquenessdualitymoduli spacemassless scalar fieldtype II string theoriesblack hole condensationCalabi-Yau string theoryclassical 4D theoriescompactification nonperturbative quantum effectsnahed singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55)

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