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dhillonv10
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Hi all,
I was reading a paper written by Brian Greene sometime ago on flop
transitions where one can essentially change the topology of the
manifold but the four-dimensional physics that applied to the older
manifold still holds. From that I am trying to extrapolate the
following: Is it possible that through a series of flop transitions
one can end up with a calabi-yau manifold that is smaller in size
than the one with which we started off from? If that's possible,
then from there we can say that since strings make up the surface
of the manifold, they too will shrink in size or distort in shape
to accommodate for the changing shape of the manifold. Does my
argument make sense? Please feel free to correct me where I am
making mistakes. Thanks :)
- Vikram
I was reading a paper written by Brian Greene sometime ago on flop
transitions where one can essentially change the topology of the
manifold but the four-dimensional physics that applied to the older
manifold still holds. From that I am trying to extrapolate the
following: Is it possible that through a series of flop transitions
one can end up with a calabi-yau manifold that is smaller in size
than the one with which we started off from? If that's possible,
then from there we can say that since strings make up the surface
of the manifold, they too will shrink in size or distort in shape
to accommodate for the changing shape of the manifold. Does my
argument make sense? Please feel free to correct me where I am
making mistakes. Thanks :)
- Vikram