Is string theory a theory of strings?

Recently a great deal of evidence has been found indicating that type IIA string theory compactified on K3 is equivalent to heterotic string theory compactified on T^4. Under the transformation which relates the two theories, the roles of fundamental and solitonic string solutions are interchanged....

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Autores principales: Johnson, Clifford V., Kaloper, Nemanja, Khuri, Ramzi R., Myers, Robert C.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1995
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Particle Physics - Theory
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)01493-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/287922
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Khuri, Ramzi R.
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description Recently a great deal of evidence has been found indicating that type IIA string theory compactified on K3 is equivalent to heterotic string theory compactified on T^4. Under the transformation which relates the two theories, the roles of fundamental and solitonic string solutions are interchanged. In this letter we show that there exists a solitonic membrane solution of the heterotic string theory which becomes a singular solution of the type IIA theory, and should therefore be interpreted as a fundamental membrane in the latter theory. We speculate upon the implications that the complete type IIA theory is a theory of membranes, as well as strings.
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spelling cern-2879222023-03-14T16:34:27Zdoi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)01493-4http://cds.cern.ch/record/287922engJohnson, Clifford V.Kaloper, NemanjaKhuri, Ramzi R.Myers, Robert C.Is string theory a theory of strings?Particle Physics - TheoryRecently a great deal of evidence has been found indicating that type IIA string theory compactified on K3 is equivalent to heterotic string theory compactified on T^4. Under the transformation which relates the two theories, the roles of fundamental and solitonic string solutions are interchanged. In this letter we show that there exists a solitonic membrane solution of the heterotic string theory which becomes a singular solution of the type IIA theory, and should therefore be interpreted as a fundamental membrane in the latter theory. We speculate upon the implications that the complete type IIA theory is a theory of membranes, as well as strings.Recently a great deal of evidence has been found indicating that type IIA string theory compactified on K 3 is equivalent to heterotic string theory compactified on T 4 . Under the transformation which relates the two theories, the roles of fundamental and solitonic string solutions are interchanged. We show that there exists a solitonic membrane solution of the heterotic string theory which becomes a singular solution of the type IIA theory, and should therefore be interpreted as a fundamental membrane in the latter theory. We speculate upon the implications that the complete type IIA theory is a theory of membranes, as well as strings.Recently a great deal of evidence has been found indicating that type IIA string theory compactified on K3 is equivalent to heterotic string theory compactified on T^4. Under the transformation which relates the two theories, the roles of fundamental and solitonic string solutions are interchanged. In this letter we show that there exists a solitonic membrane solution of the heterotic string theory which becomes a singular solution of the type IIA theory, and should therefore be interpreted as a fundamental membrane in the latter theory. We speculate upon the implications that the complete type IIA theory is a theory of membranes, as well as strings.hep-th/9509070NSF-ITP-95-108MCGILL-95-45CERN-TH-95-236PUPT-1562APUPT-1561CERN-TH-95-236MCGILL-95-45NSF-ITP-95-108PUPT-1562oai:cds.cern.ch:2879221995-09-13
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Kaloper, Nemanja
Khuri, Ramzi R.
Myers, Robert C.
Is string theory a theory of strings?
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title_full Is string theory a theory of strings?
title_fullStr Is string theory a theory of strings?
title_full_unstemmed Is string theory a theory of strings?
title_short Is string theory a theory of strings?
title_sort is string theory a theory of strings?
topic Particle Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)01493-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/287922
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