Spiky projective planes

Desmond Alexander Johnston

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)90857-M

Spiky projective planes

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It has been suggested that the so-called c=1 barrier in subcritical string theory is the result of a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in the associated Liouville theory. We show that arguments analogous to those used to imply a transition on orientable worldsheets may also be applied to non-orientable worldsheets such as the real projective plane. This means that the barrier is still present for such worldsheets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-55
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	257
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(91)90857-M
Publication status	Published - 1991

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