Superstrings from Twentysix-Dimensions?

Nov, 1984
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 151 (1985) 387-390
  • Published: 1985
Report number:
  • NSF-ITP-84-157

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The finite type I superstring theories of Green and Schwarz (SO(32) and (?)E 8 × E 8 ) in ten dimensions are viewed as special dimensional reductions on 16-tori from the non-supersymmetric Veneziano-Nambu-Goto strings in 26 dimensions. Fermions appear as solitons of the two-dimensional string field theory. Various problems of such an approach are pointed out and possible solutions outlined.
  • FIELD THEORY: HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL
  • MODEL: STRING
  • SUPERSYMMETRY
  • FIELD THEORY: TEN-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: TWO-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION
  • FERMION: SOLITON
  • SYMMETRY: SO(32)
  • SYMMETRY: E(8) X E(8)
  • FIELD THEORETICAL MODEL: SIGMA