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Hagedorn transition and chronology protection in string theory
Miguel S. Costa, Carlos A. R. Herdeiro, J. Penedones +1
We conjecture chronology is protected in string theory due to the condensation of light winding strings near closed null curves. This condensation triggers a Hagedorn phase transit…
hep-th2005★ 3 cited
Coleman meets Schwinger
Lorenzo Cornalba, Miguel S. Costa, Joao Penedones
It is well known that spherical D-branes are nucleated in the presence of an external RR electric field. Using the description of D-branes as solitons of the tachyon field on non-B…