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Strings in bimetric spacetimes
Nordita SU.
2021 (English)In: Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), ISSN 1126-6708, E-ISSN 1029-8479, Vol. 2021, no 9, article id 164Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We put forward a two-dimensional nonlinear sigma model that couples (bosonic) matter fields to topological Horava gravity on a nonrelativistic worldsheet. In the target space, this sigma model describes classical strings propagating in a curved spacetime background, whose geometry is described by two distinct metric fields. We evaluate the renormalization group flows of this sigma model on a flat worldsheet and derive a set of beta-functionals for the bimetric fields. Imposing worldsheet Weyl invariance at the quantum level, we uncover a set of gravitational field equations that dictate the dynamics of the bimetric fields in the target space, where a unique massless spin-two excitation emerges. When the bimetric fields become identical, the sigma model gains an emergent Lorentz symmetry. In this single metric limit, the beta-functionals of the bimetric fields reduce to the Ricci flow equation that arises in bosonic string theory, and the bimetric gravitational field equations give rise to Einstein's gravity.

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Springer Nature , 2021. Vol. 2021, no 9, article id 164
Keywords [en]
Bosonic Strings, Renormalization Group, Sigma Models, p-branes
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Subatomic Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-303187DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2021)164ISI: 000699017500002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115718520OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-303187DiVA, id: diva2:1602003
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Available from: 2021-10-11 Created: 2021-10-11 Last updated: 2025-03-24Bibliographically approved

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