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When strings surprise

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A bstract We argue that on-shell excitations with large negative energies are created rapidly when the string coupling increases with time. This does not indicate an inconsistency in string theory since the negative energy on-shell excitation is always entangled with an on-shell excitation with a positive energy. The total energy of this energy-EPR state vanishes. We discuss the reason the energy-EPR states appear in string theory and the role they might play in black hole physics.

Source: Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI: 10.1007/jhep08(2024)172

Authors: Nissan Itzhaki, Uri Peleg

Institutions: Tel Aviv University, Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Awards: G3398237449, G4689434848, G5134630017, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics