Spontaneous breaking of CPT is possible in string theory. We show that it can arise at a level within reach of experiments at meson factories currently being built or designed. For φ, B, and τ -charm factories, we discuss the likely experimental string signatures and provide estimates of the bounds that might be attained in these machines.

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Using analytical methods, a nonperturbative vacuum is constructed recursively in the field theory for the open bosonic string. Evidence suggests it corresponds to the Lorentz-invariant end point of tachyon condensation on a D25-brane. The corresponding string field is a twisted squeezed state.

In the context of string field theory, the possibility exists for the spontaneous violation of Lorentz invariance and CPT. In this talk, we review its status and some experimental constraints. We discuss the possibility that stringy CPT violation could give rise to a mechanism in which baryogenesis occurs in the early Universe in thermal equilibrium and show that this can produce, under suitable circumstances, a baryon asymmetry equal to the observed value.

The issue of spontaneous breaking of Lorentz and CPT invariance is studied in the open bosonic string using a truncation scheme to saturate the string-field action at successively higher levels. We find strong evidence for the existence of extrema of the action with nonzero expectation values for certain fields. The Lorentz-and CPT-preserving solution previously suggested in the literature is confirmed through level 12 in the action. A family of Lorentz-breaking, CPT-preserving solutions of the equations of motion is found to persist and converge through level 18 in the action. Two sequences of solutions spontaneously breaking both Lorentz invariance and CPT are discussed. The analysis at this level involves the analytical form of over 20,000 terms in the static potential.