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Open problems in string cosmology
Author(s) -
Toumbas N.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.201000022
Subject(s) - string cosmology , cosmology , superstring theory , physics , string (physics) , theoretical physics , context (archaeology) , quantum cosmology , string phenomenology , non critical string theory , particle physics , quantum , relationship between string theory and quantum field theory , quantum mechanics , supersymmetry , quantum gravity , paleontology , biology
Some of the open problems in string cosmology are highlighted within the context of the recently constructed thermal and quantum superstring cosmological solutions. Emphasis is given on the high temperature cosmological regime, where it is argued that thermal string vacua in the presence of gravito‐magnetic fluxes can be used to bypass the Hagedorn instabilities of string gas cosmology. This article is based on a talk given at the workshop on “Cosmology and Strings”, Corfu, September 6–13, 2009.