
We consider a toy cosmological model in string theory involving the winding and momentum modes of (m,n) strings, i.e. bound states of m fundamental and n D-strings. The model is invariant under S-duality provided that m and n are interchanged. The dilaton is naturally stabilized due to S-duality invariance, which offers a new mechanism of moduli fixing in string gas cosmology. Using a tachyon field rolling down to its ground state, we also point out a possible way of realizing a cosmological phase with decreasing Hubble radius and constant dilaton.
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High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, String and superstring theories in gravitational theory, String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory, Relativistic cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences, String and superstring theories in gravitational theory, String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory, Relativistic cosmology
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