Ward Identity for Membranes

Ward identities in the case of scattering of antisymmetric three form RR gauge fields off a D2-brane target has been studied in type-IIA theory.Comment: 10 pages, Revtex, Version to appear in Phys.Lett.

Duality and Integrability of Two Dimensional String Effective Action

We present a prescription for constructing the monodromy matrix, $\hat{\cal M}(\omega)$, for $O(d,d)$ invariant string effective actions and derive its transformation properties under the $T$-duality group. This allows us to construct $\hat{\cal M}(\omega)$ for new backgrounds, starting from known ones, which are related by $T$-duality. As an application, we derive the monodromy matrix for the exactly solvable Nappi-Witten model, both when B=0 and $B\neq 0$.Comment: 6pages, revtex, to be published in Physics Letters

The Holography Hypothesis in Pre-Big-Bang Cosmology with String Sources

The holographic ratio in Pre-big bang string cosmology is obtained in the presence string sources. An iterative procedure is adopted to solve the equations of motion and derive the ratio in four dimensional world. First the zeroth order ratio is computed in the remote past, i.e. at $t=-\infty$, then the holographic ratio is obtained taking into account the evolution of the backgrounds following the iterative procedure. The corrections to the zeroth order value of the ratio depends on the form of the initial number distribution of the strings chosen. Moreover, we estimate the holographic ratio in the recent past (i.e. when $\gamma=-\frac{1}{d}$) and in the remote past (i.e. when $\gamma= 0$), $\gamma\equiv\frac{p}{\varrho}$, in different dimensions in the Einstein frame and in the string frame. We find that in the first case it has similar time dependences in both the frames, especially in four dimensions the ratio is explicitly computed to be the same in the two cases, whereas for $\gamma=0$ case the time dependence is different.Comment: 33 pages, latex, five figure

Dualities and Hidden Supersymmetry in String Quantum Cosmology

A supersymmetric approach to string quantum cosmology based on the non-compact, global duality symmetries of the effective action is developed. An N=2 supersymmetric action is derived whose bosonic component is the Neveu-Schwarz/Neveu-Schwarz sector of the $(d+1)$--dimensional effective action compactified on a $d$--torus. A representation for the supercharges is found and the form of the zero-and one-fermion quantum states is determined. The purely bosonic component of the wavefunction is unique and manifestly invariant under the symmetry of the action. The formalism applies to a wide class of non-linear sigma-models.Comment: 18 pages, plain Latex, no figure

Open Membranes, p-Branes and Noncommutativity of Boundary String Coordinates

We study the dynamics of an open membrane with a cylindrical topology, in the background of a constant three form, whose boundary is attached to p-branes. The boundary closed string is coupled to a two form potential to ensure gauge invariance. We use the action, due to Bergshoeff, London and Townsend, to study the noncommutativity properties of the boundary string coordinates. The constrained Hamiltonian formalism due to Dirac is used to derive the noncommutativity of coordinates. The chain of constraints is found to be finite for a suitable gauge choice, unlike the case of the static gauge, where the chain has an infinite sequence of terms. It is conjectured that the formulation of closed string field theory may necessitate introduction of a star product which is both noncommutative and nonassociative.Comment: 32page

Duality, Monodromy and Integrability of Two Dimensional String Effective Action

The monodromy matrix, ${\hat{\cal M}}$, is constructed for two dimensional tree level string effective action. The pole structure of ${\hat{\cal M}}$ is derived using its factorizability property. It is found that the monodromy matrix transforms non-trivially under the non-compact T-duality group, which leaves the effective action invariant and this can be used to construct the monodromy matrix for more complicated backgrounds starting from simpler ones. We construct, explicitly, ${\hat{\cal M}}$ for the exactly solvable Nappi-Witten model, both when B=0 and $B\neq 0$, where these ideas can be directly checked. We consider well known charged black hole solutions in the heterotic string theory which can be generated by T-duality transformations from a spherically symmetric `seed' Schwarzschild solution. We construct the monodromy matrix for the Schwarzschild black hole background of the heterotic string theory.Comment: 20 pages, to be published in Physical Review

A numerical simulation of pre-big bang cosmology

We analyse numerically the onset of pre-big bang inflation in an inhomogeneous, spherically symmetric Universe. Adding a small dilatonic perturbation to a trivial (Milne) background, we find that suitable regions of space undergo dilaton-driven inflation and quickly become spatially flat ($\Omega \to 1$). Numerical calculations are pushed close enough to the big bang singularity to allow cross checks against previously proposed analytic asymptotic solutions.Comment: 19 pages, revtex, matlab code available at http://www.fis.unipr.it/~onofr

The Holography Hypothesis and Pre-Big Bang Cosmology

The consequences of holography hypothesis are investigated for the Pre-big-bang string cosmological models. The evolution equations are obtained from the tree level string effective action. It is shown that $S/A$ is bounded by a constant in each case, $S$ being the entropy within the volume bounded by the horizon of area $A$.Comment: 11 pages, revtex, 1 eps fil

Proof of dispersion relations for the amplitude in theories with a compactified space dimension

The analyticity properties of the scattering amplitude in the nonforward direction are investigated for a field theory in the manifold $\mathbb{R}^{3,1}\times S^1$. A scalar field theory of mass $m_0$ is considered in $D = 5$ Minkowski space to start with. Subsequently, one spatial dimension is compactified to a circle. The mass spectrum of the resulting theory is: (a) a massive scalar of mass, $m_0$, same as the original five dimensional theory and (b) a tower of massive Kaluza-Klein states. We derive nonforward dispersion relations for scattering of the excited Kaluza-Klein states in the Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann formulation of the theory. In order to accomplish this object, first we generalize the Jost-Lehmann-Dyson theorem for a relativistic field theory with a compact spatial dimension. Next, we show the existence of the Lehmann-Martin ellipse inside which the partial wave expansion converges. It is proved that the scattering amplitude satisfies fixed-$t$ dispersion relations when $|t|$ lies within the Lehmann-Martin ellipse