Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry in string theory
- 15 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 39 (2), 683-685
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.39.683
Abstract
The possibility of spontaneous breakdown of Lorentz symmetry in string theory is explored via covariant string field theory. A potential mechanism is suggested for the Lorentz breaking that may be generic in many string theories.Keywords
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