The spontaneous symmetry breaking of closed strings into open strings
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:5834363
The open string is studied from the Polyakov path integral approach to string theory. Of particular concern is an understanding of the consistency conditions which are necessary to insure a theory which is anomaly free and finite. A modular-invariant formulation for the open string is given which shows that all open string theories may be viewed as a Z{sub 2}-orbifold of some closed string theory. This reinforces an earlier suggestion by Freund that all string theories are derivable from the 26-dimensional orientable closed bosonic string.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Univ., Austin, TX (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5834363
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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