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Time-like linear dilaton backgrounds admit a classical solution that describes a closed folded string that is created at an instant. We refer to such strings as Instant Folded Strings (IFS). We study an exact worldsheet CFT description of an IFS that involves two vertex operators which describe two open string modes that propagate on a time-like FZZT-brane, which plays the role of a regulator to the IFS. We take advantage of this description to calculate the most basic quantity associated with IFSs — their production rate. Some implications of this calculation to stringy cosmology and black hole interior are briefly discussed.
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Hashimoto, A., Itzhaki, N. & Peleg, U. A worldsheet description of instant folded strings. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 88 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2023)088
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