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Hi all,
I am rather new here but I think I am posting in the right place, if not my apologies :) Alright so I've been working on calibi-yau manifolds for some time now and string theory (let's take a generic approach here and not worry about which version) states that the shape of the manifold precisely determines how the string will vibrate, so from following that, can I conclude that they also determine the size of the strings? It sounds logical to me, but does that make any sense? As a further extension of this, is it possible to change the size of the string by affecting the manifold itself? Has any work (research) been done regarding this? Generally we don't find the exact answer but someone variation thereof or sometimes the mechanism to solve one problem leads to solving another, I would very much appreciate if someone can offer me some guidance on this and possible links to papers. Thanks.
I do realize that the size is determine by coupling constants but to change the size, would I have to focus on the manifold itself or the constants?
I am rather new here but I think I am posting in the right place, if not my apologies :) Alright so I've been working on calibi-yau manifolds for some time now and string theory (let's take a generic approach here and not worry about which version) states that the shape of the manifold precisely determines how the string will vibrate, so from following that, can I conclude that they also determine the size of the strings? It sounds logical to me, but does that make any sense? As a further extension of this, is it possible to change the size of the string by affecting the manifold itself? Has any work (research) been done regarding this? Generally we don't find the exact answer but someone variation thereof or sometimes the mechanism to solve one problem leads to solving another, I would very much appreciate if someone can offer me some guidance on this and possible links to papers. Thanks.
I do realize that the size is determine by coupling constants but to change the size, would I have to focus on the manifold itself or the constants?
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