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Essay: Chaos in Superstring Cosmology

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We show that the general solution of the Einstein-Dilaton-antisymmetric-tensors field equations of all superstring theories exhibits a chaotic oscillatory behaviour of the Belinskii-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz type near a cosmological singularity. This result indicates that superstring cosmology is much more complex than is assumed in the scenarios presently discussed in the literature.

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  1. Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 35, route de Chartres, F-91440, Bures-sur-Yvette, France

    Thibault Damour

  2. Physique Théorique et Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Marc Henneaux

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Damour, T., Henneaux, M. Essay: Chaos in Superstring Cosmology. General Relativity and Gravitation 32, 2339–2343 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002015617065

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