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arxiv: hep-th/0309138 · v2 · submitted 2003-09-15 · ✦ hep-th

Matrix Cosmology

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keywords solutionsclasscloseddescribesfermistringbouncecondensation
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Exact time-dependent solutions of c=1 string theory are described using the free fermion formulation. One such class of solutions describes draining of the Fermi sea and has a spacetime interpretation as closed string tachyon condensation. A second class of solutions, corresponding to droplets of Fermi liquid orbiting in phase space, describes closed cosmologies which bounce through singularities.

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