(1,2) heterotic string with gauge symmetry

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.7197· OSTI ID:284826

Pierce, D M ^[1]

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1. Institute of Field Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255 (United States)

We construct a (1,2) heterotic string with gauge symmetry and determine its particle spectrum. This theory has a local {ital N}=1 world sheet supersymmetry for left movers and a local {ital N}=2 world sheet supersymmetry for right movers and describes particles in either two or three space-time dimensions. We show that fermionizing the bosons of the compactified {ital N}=1 space leads to a particle spectrum which has non-Abelian gauge symmetry. The fermionic formulation of the theory corresponds to a dimensional reduction of self-dual Yang-Mills theory. We also give a world sheet action for the theory and calculate the one-loop path integral. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• Research Organization: University of North Carolina
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-85ER40219
• OSTI ID: 284826
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 53; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
ENERGY SPECTRA
FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL
GAUGE INVARIANCE
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STRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
YANG-MILLS THEORY