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On Anomaly-free Supergravity as an Effective String Theory

The equations of motion of anomaly-free supergravity are shown to fulfil (to all orders in $\alpha'$) a differential condition corresponding to the one relating the Weyl anomaly coefficients for a non-linear sigma model representing a (heterotic) string propagating in a non-trivial background....

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Autor principal: Tollsten, A.K.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(93)90749-8
http://cds.cern.ch/record/242410
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Sumario:The equations of motion of anomaly-free supergravity are shown to fulfil (to all orders in $\alpha'$) a differential condition corresponding to the one relating the Weyl anomaly coefficients for a non-linear sigma model representing a (heterotic) string propagating in a non-trivial background. This supports the possibility that anomaly-free supergravity could provide the complete massless effective theory for the heterotic string.