A closed, expanding universe in string theory

Chiara R. Nappi; Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)90888-B

A closed, expanding universe in string theory

Chiara R. Nappi, Edward Witten

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We present a conformal field theory - obtained from a gauged WZW model - that describes a closed, inhomogeneous expanding and recollapsing universe in 3 + 1 dimensions. A possible violation of cosmic censorship is avoided because the universe recollapses just when a naked singularity was about to form. The model has been chosen to have c = 4 (or c ̂ = 4 in the supersymmetric case), just like four dimensional Minkowski space.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	309-314
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	293
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90888-B
State	Published - Oct 29 1992
Externally published	Yes

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