The Effect of Spatial Curvature on the Classical and Quantum Strings

Details The Effect of Spatial Curvature on the Classical and Quantum Strings The Effect of Spatial Curvature on the Classical and Quantum Strings

1995-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9501102v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys.A11:4005-4030,1996

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

30 pages Latex + three tables and five figures (not included)

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X96001887

We study the effects of the spatial curvature on the classical and quantum string dynamics. We find the general solution of the circular string motion in static Robertson-Walker spacetimes with closed or open sections. This is given closely and completely in terms of elliptic functions. The physical properties, string length, energy and pressure are computed and analyzed. We find the {\it back-reaction} effect of these strings on the spacetime: the self-consistent solution to the Einstein equations is a spatially closed $(K>0)$ spacetime with a selected value of the curvature index $K$ (the scale f* is normalized to unity). No self-consistent solutions with $K\leq 0$ exist. We semi-classically quantize the circular strings and find the mass $m$ in each case. For $K>0,$ the very massive strings, oscillating on the full hypersphere, have $m^2\sim K n^2\;\;(n\in N_0)$ {\it independent} of $\alpha'$ and the level spacing {\it grows} with $n,$ while the strings oscillating on one hemisphere (without crossing the equator) have $m^2\alpha'\sim n$ and a {\it finite} number of states $N\sim 1/(K\alpha').$ For $K<0,$ there are infinitely many string states with masses $m\log m\sim n,$ that is, the level spacing grows {\it slower} than $n.$ The stationary string solutions as well as the generic string fluctuations around the center of mass are also found and analyzed in closed form.

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