Why would expansion at a certain speed unravel extra dimensions in string theory?

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I read somewhere that string theory could be disproved if it is found out that the universe expanded at a certain speed as this would cause the extra dimensions to unravel and therefore mean that string theory could not describe our universe. I do not understand why the extra dimensions would unravel? Can anyone help?

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Jamie
 
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Hi,

do you have a reference so we can know better which model you are referring to ?