High Energy Physics - Theory, abstract
hep-th/0604034

From: Mariusz Dabrowski P. [view email]

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:54:44 GMT (9kb)

Strings at future singularities

Authors: Adam Balcerzak, Mariusz P. Dabrowski

Comments: REVTEX 4.0, 4 pages, no figures

We discuss the behaviour of strings propagating in spacetimes which allow future singularities of either a sudden future or a Big-Rip type. We show that in general the invariant string size remains finite at sudden future singularities while it grows to infinity at a Big-Rip. This claim is based on the discussion of both the tensile and null strings. In conclusion, strings may survive a sudden future singularity, but not a Big-Rip where they are infinitely stretched.

http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-th/0604034