SPACE-TIME TOPOLOGY CHANGE AND STRINGY GEOMETRY

Authors
ASPINWALL PS GREENE BR MORRISON DR
Citation
Ps. Aspinwall et al., SPACE-TIME TOPOLOGY CHANGE AND STRINGY GEOMETRY, Journal of mathematical physics, 35(10), 1994, pp. 5321-5337
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Journal of mathematical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222488
Volume
35
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
5321 - 5337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2488(1994)35:10<5321:STCASG>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Recent work which has significantly honed the geometric understanding and interpretation of the moduli space of certain N = 2 superconformal field theories is reviewed. This has resolved some important issues i n mirror symmetry and has also established that string theory admits p hysically smooth processes which can result in a change in topology of the spatial universe. Recent work which illuminates some properties o f physically related theories associated with singular spaces such as orbifolds is described.