Off-shell central charge/dimensions in string theory.

[MTd2]

Instead of thinking of non - critical and critical strings, why not thinking about those as 1 aspect of the same theory, where the non - critical character provides a kind of virtual dimensions. Maybe this could somehow guide a preferential choice of the vaccuum?

For example, this theory, could work as a guide, or attractor:

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1102/1102.0129v1.pdf

[mitchell porter]

For 13 years, the first author (B.B. Deo) has been placing papers on the arxiv on this theme, and I found nothing but self-citations for his work. It doesn't inspire confidence that it's worth deciphering; everything suggests that studying the paper will reduce to identifying the places where it goes wrong.

[MTd2]

The idea of the title was mine. The author's work is not direclty related to that. The only relation is, for example, it would be suited as kind of atractor.

[mitchell porter]

What is the idea? To use noncritical string theory so we can work directly in four dimensions?

[MTd2]

No, I was thinking use non critical strings as a guide to compactification. For example, consider the concept of off shell mass, which is based in non observable violations of special relativy. Extend that to the critical strings, in which one of the fundamental properties to be conserved is the central charge. So, let it be a sum on c=/=0. And take several values to see if there is a preferential way to fold.