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We derive the null energy condition, understood as a constraint on the Einstein-frame Ricci tensor, from world sheet string theory. For a closed bosonic string propagating in a curved geometry, the spacetime interpretation of the Virasoro constraint condition is precisely the null energy condition, to leading nontrivial order in the α′ expansion. Thus the deepest origin of the null energy condition lies in world sheet diffeomorphism invariance.
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- Derivation of the Null Energy Condition
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- Parikh, Maulik (Author)
- van der Schaar, Jan Pieter (Author)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Contributor)
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2015-04-03
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- Digital object identifier: 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.084002
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1088-6826
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value0002-9939
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- Copyright 2015 by the American Physical Society. View the article as published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.084002
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Parikh, Maulik, & van der Schaar, Jan Pieter (2015). Derivation of the null energy condition. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 91(8), 0-0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.084002