Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-04-11
Prog.Theor.Phys. 103 (2000) 1081-1125
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
45 pages, 1 figure, remaining typos corrected, further typos of published version are corrected
Scientific paper
10.1143/PTP.103.1081
The notion of a space-time uncertainty principle in string theory is clarified and further developed. The motivation and the derivation of the principle are first reviewed in a reasonably self-contained way. It is then shown that the nonperturbative (Borel summed) high-energy and high-momentum transfer behavior of string scattering is consistent with the space-time uncertainty principle. It is also shown that, in consequence of the principle, string theories in 10 dimensions generically exhibit a characteristic length scale which is equal to the well-known 11 dimensional Planck length $g_s^{1/3}\ell_s$ of M-theory as the scale at which stringy effects take over the effects of classical supergravity, even without involving D-branes directly. The meanings of the space-time uncertainty relation in connection with D-branes and black holes are discussed and reinterpreted. Finally, we present a novel interpretation of the Schild-gauge action for strings from a viewpoint of noncommutative geometry, which conforms to the space-time uncertainty relation by manifestly exhibiting a noncommutativity of quantized string coordinates dominantly between space and time. We also discuss the consistency of the space-time uncertainty relation with S and T dualities.
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