Stringy evidence for {ital D}=11 structure in a strongly coupled type-IIA superstring
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484 (United States)
Witten proposed that the low energy physics of a strongly coupled {ital D}=10 type-IIA superstring may be described by {ital D}=11 supergravity. To explore the stringy aspects of the underlying theory we examine the stringy massive states. We propose a systematic formula for identifying nonperturbative states in {ital D}=10 type-IIA superstring theory, such that, together with the elementary excited string states, they form {ital D}=11 supersymmetric multiplets, in SO(10) representations. This provides hints for the construction of a conjectured weakly coupled {ital D}=11 theory that is dual to the strongly coupled {ital D}=10 type-IIA superstring.
- Research Organization:
- University of Southern California
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-84ER40168
- OSTI ID:
- 115974
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 52; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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