The electric Melvin solution in string theory

An electric version of the well-known magnetic Melvin solution of closed string theory is derived. By analogy with the Kaluza-Klein Melvin solution, which is flat space with points identified under a simultaneous rotation and translation in a compact dimension, an orbifold of Minkowski space involvi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardezi, Jaffer
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15248