New principles for string/membrane unification

被引：82

作者：

Kutasov, D ^{[1
]}

Martinec, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1996年 / 477卷 / 03期

关键词：

string theory; membranes; self-duality;

D O I：

10.1016/0550-3213(96)00302-1

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The target space theory of the N = (2, 1) heterotic string may be interpreted as a theory of gravity coupled to matter in either 1 + 1 or 2 + 1 dimensions. Among the target space theories in 1 + 1 dimensions are the bosonic, type II, and heterotic string world-sheet field theories in a physical gauge. The (2 + 1)-dimensional version describes a consistent quantum theory of supermembranes in 10 + 1 dimensions. The unifying framework for all of these vacua is a theory of (2 + 2)-dimensional self-dual geometries embedded in 10 + 2 dimensions. There are also indications that the N = (2, 1) string describes the strong-coupling dynamics of compactifications of critical string theories to two dimensions, and may lead to insights about the fundamental degrees of freedom of the theory.

引用

页码：652 / 674

页数：23

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