Brane Gas Cosmology, M-Theory and Little String Theory
We generalize the Brane Gas Cosmological Scenario to M-theory degrees of freedom, namely M5 and M2 branes. Without brane intersections, the Brandenberger Vafa(BV) arguments applied to M-theory degrees of freedom generically predict a large 6 dimensional spacetime. We show that intersections of M5 and M2 branes can instead lead to a large 4 dimensional spacetime. One dimensional intersections in 11D is related to (2,0) little strings (LST) on NS5 branes in type IIA. The gas regime of membranes in M-theory corresponds to the thermodynamics of LST obtained from holography. We propose a mechanism whereby LST living on the worldvolume of NS5 (M5)-branes wrapping a five dimensional torus, annihilate most efficiently in 3+1 dimensions leading to a large 3+1 dimensional spacetime. We also show that this picture is consistent with the gas approximation in M-theory.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 812630
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9635; TRN: US200315%%34
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 6 Feb 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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