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Self-trapping of the dilaton

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Rainer Dick

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 22 Sep 1995

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The authors' main claim Witten's conjecture that duality between theories in three and four dimensions solves the cosmological constant problem thus may also solve the dilaton problem in string theory.

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CitationRainer Dick. "Self-trapping of the dilaton." arXiv:hep-th/9509118 (1995). https://pith.science/paper/CID5T55G
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The dilaton in three dimensions does not roll. Witten's conjecture that duality between theories in three and four dimensions solves the cosmological constant problem thus may also solve the dilaton problem in string theory.

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s1 Witten's conjecture that duality between theories in three and four dimensions solves the cosmological constant problem thus may also solve the dilaton problem in string theory. interpretation 0.99 0.07 0.46 hedged possibility 0.99

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The dilaton in three dimensions does not roll. Witten's conjecture that duality between theories in three and four dimensions solves the cosmological constant problem thus may also solve the dilaton problem in string theory.

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