Superstrings in D=10 from Supermembranes in D=11
M.J. Duff, Paul S. Howe, T. Inami, K.S. Stelle (CERN)

Feb 1987 - 5 pages

  • Phys.Lett. B191 (1987) 70
    In *Duff, M.J. (ed.): The world in eleven dimensions* 205-209
  • (1987)
  • DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(87)91323-2
  • CERN-TH-4664/87

Abstract (Elsevier)
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.


Keyword(s): INSPIRE: MODEL: STRING | SUPERSYMMETRY | FIELD THEORY: TEN-DIMENSIONAL | MODEL: MEMBRANE | FIELD THEORY: ELEVEN-DIMENSIONAL | FIELD THEORY: DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION | Kaluza-Klein model | FIELD THEORY: ACTION
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