Superstrings in D=10 from Supermembranes in D=11

Feb, 1987
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 191 (1987) 70
  • Published: Apr 21, 2014
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  • Published: 1987
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-4664/87

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Abstract: (CRC Press)
The type IIA superstring in ten dimensions is derived from the supermembrane in eleven dimensions by a simultaneous dimensional reduction of the world volume and the spacetime.
  • MODEL: STRING
  • SUPERSYMMETRY
  • FIELD THEORY: TEN-DIMENSIONAL
  • MODEL: MEMBRANE
  • FIELD THEORY: ELEVEN-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION
  • Kaluza-Klein model
  • FIELD THEORY: ACTION