GEOMETRY OF N = 2 STRINGS

被引:303
作者
OOGURI, H
VAFA, C
机构
[1] UNIV CHICAGO,ENRICO FERMI INST,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[2] HARVARD UNIV,LYMAN LAB PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0550-3213(91)90270-8
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study various aspects of N = 2 critical strings. The most important aspect of these theories is that they provide a consistent quantum theory of self-dual gravity in four dimensions. We discuss the geometrical aspects of the vacua and their relation to twistor space, W-infinity, harmonic superspace and the superstring world-sheet. We find many indications that suggest that many of the results valid for physics in two dimensions have analogs in the effective four-dimensional theory of N = 2 strings.
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页码:469 / 518
页数:50
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