New Principles for String/Membrane Unification

Details New Principles for String/Membrane Unification New Principles for String/Membrane Unification

1996-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602049v2

Nucl.Phys. B477 (1996) 652-674

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

26+2 pages, harvmac; minor errors corrected, references altered

Scientific paper

10.1016/0550-3213(96)00302-1

The target space theory of the N=(2,1) heterotic string may be interpreted as a theory of gravity coupled to matter in either $1+1$ or $2+1$ dimensions. Among the target space theories in $1+1$ dimensions are the bosonic, type II, and heterotic string world sheet field theories in a physical gauge. The $2+1$ dimensional version describes a consistent quantum theory of supermembranes in $10+1$ dimensions. The unifying framework for all of these vacua is a theory of $2+2$ dimensional self-dual geometries embedded in $10+2$ dimensions. There are also indications that the N=(2,1) string describes the strong coupling dynamics of compactifications of critical string theories to two dimensions, and may lead to insights about the fundamental degrees of freedom of the theory.

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