SCATTERING OF MACROSCOPIC HETEROTIC STRINGS

被引:16
作者
GAUNTLETT, JP
HARVEY, JA
ROBINSON, MM
WALDRAM, D
机构
[1] Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(94)90458-8
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We show that macroscopic heterotic strings, formulated as strings which wind around a compact direction of finite but macroscopic extent, exhibit non-trivial scattering at low energies. This occurs at order velocity squared and may thus be described as geodesic motion on a moduli space with a non-trivial metric which we construct. Our result is in agreement with a direct calculation of the string scattering amplitude.
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页码:461 / 472
页数:12
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