String Theory in Beta Deformed Spacetimes

@misc{citeulike:467119, abstract = {Fluxbrane-like backgrounds obtained from flat space by a sequence of T-dualities and shifts of polar coordinates (beta deformations) provide an interesting class of exactly solvable string theories. We compute the one-loop partition function for various such deformed spaces and study their spectrum of D-branes. For rational values of the B-field these models are equivalent to Z\_N \times Z\_N orbifolds with discrete torsion. We also obtain an interesting new class of time-dependent backgrounds which resemble localized closed string tachyon condensation.}, author = {Spradlin, Marcus and Takayanagi, Tadashi and Volovich, Anastasia }, citeulike-article-id = {467119}, eprint = {hep-th/0509036}, keywords = {beta, deformed, sym}, month = {Sep}, posted-at = {2006-01-17 15:29:16}, priority = {3}, title = {String Theory in Beta Deformed Spacetimes}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0509036}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:467119 L3 - citeulike-article-id:467119 N2 - Fluxbrane-like backgrounds obtained from flat space by a sequence of T-dualities and shifts of polar coordinates (beta deformations) provide an interesting class of exactly solvable string theories. We compute the one-loop partition function for various such deformed spaces and study their spectrum of D-branes. For rational values of the B-field these models are equivalent to Z_N \times Z_N orbifolds with discrete torsion. We also obtain an interesting new class of time-dependent backgrounds which resemble localized closed string tachyon condensation. TI - String Theory in Beta Deformed Spacetimes KW - beta KW - deformed KW - sym AU - Spradlin, Marcus AU - Takayanagi, Tadashi AU - Volovich, Anastasia PY - 2005/Sep/06/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0509036 ER -