2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207861We argue that the higher space-time derivative terms that occur in closed bosonic string field theory are reminiscent of those found in the Landau theory of liquid-crystal transitions. We examine the lowest level approximation of the closed bosonic string and find evidence for the existence of a new vacuum that spontaneously breaks Lorentz and translation symmetries. This effect can be interpreted as a spontaneous compactification of the theory.7 pages, plain tex (one reference added)High Energy Physics - Theorytext