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A point's point of view of stringy geometry

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Aspinwall, PS
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics
2003

The notion of a "point" is essential to describe the topology of spacetime. Despite this, a point probably does not play a particularly distinguished rôle in any intrinsic formulation of string theory. We discuss one way to try to determine the notion of a point from a worldsheet point of view. The derived category description of D-branes is the key tool. The case of a flop is analyzed and II-stability in this context is tied in to some ideas of Bridgeland. Monodromy associated to the flop is also computed via II-stability and shown to be consistent with previous conjectures. © SISSA/ISAS 2003.

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Published In

Journal of High Energy Physics

Publication Date

2003

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

17 / 31

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Aspinwall, P. S. (2003). A point's point of view of stringy geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 7(1), 17–31.
Aspinwall, P. S. “A point's point of view of stringy geometry.” Journal of High Energy Physics 7, no. 1 (2003): 17–31.
Aspinwall PS. A point's point of view of stringy geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2003;7(1):17–31.
Aspinwall, P. S. “A point's point of view of stringy geometry.” Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 7, no. 1, 2003, pp. 17–31.
Aspinwall PS. A point's point of view of stringy geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2003;7(1):17–31.

Published In

Journal of High Energy Physics

Publication Date

2003

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

17 / 31

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics