3 papers
hep-th2025
Decorating Asymptotically Flat Space-Time with the Moduli Space of String Theory
Ashoke Sen
N=2, 4 and 8 supersymmetric string theories in four dimensional flat space-time have moduli space of vacua. We argue that starting from a theory where the moduli approach a particu…
hep-th2025
How to Create a Flat Ten or Eleven Dimensional Space-time in the Interior of an Asymptotically Flat Four Dimensional String Theory
Ashoke Sen
By taking large mass and charge limit of a black hole in string theory we can create arbitrarily large regions where the space-time is approximately flat, but the moduli fields tak…
hep-th2025
Are Moduli Vacuum Expectation Values or Parameters?
Ashoke Sen
Banks has argued that the moduli of string theory are not vacuum expectation values but parameters. We offer a different perspective on this question. Given two different points P…