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String creation and effective field theory
Speaker(s): Janet Hung
Abstract: We will discuss the missing pieces in the understanding of the effective field theory description of string creation, the T-dual of the Hanany-Witten effect, both in the open and closed string picture. We explain the origin of the 'bare' Chern-Simons term, so far added in by hand. There however rema... read more
Date: 16/09/2008 - 2:00 pm
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