The influence of gravity upon topology changing transitions and warped flux compactifications

We investigate the dynamics of the geometric transitions associated to compactified spacetimes. By including the effects of gravity we are able to follow the evolution of collapsing cycles as they attempt to undergo a topology changing transition. We perform investigations where we add a perturbatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butcher, Neil
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11320/