Uniqueness of 10 dimensional superstring models in the fermionic construction

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Mod. Phys. Lett. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S021773238800012X· OSTI ID:7057943

Chang, D; Kumar, A

The authors study the construction of ten dimensional heterotic superstring models using real two dimensional world-sheet fermions. The authors prove (by construction) that modular invariance and supersymmetry imply that all the ten dimensional heterotic superstring models have the same bosonic and fermionic partition functions as that of supersymmetric SO(32) model. Their results were expected from other arguments but the techniques are more direct than the previous ones. They especially do not have to invoke the mathematical theorem about the modular form of weight eigth. The authors' construction may also be useful in classifying the superstring models in lower dimensions.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60201 (US)
• OSTI ID: 7057943
• Journal Information: Mod. Phys. Lett. A; (United States), Journal Name: Mod. Phys. Lett. A; (United States) Vol. 3:1; ISSN MPLAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CLASSIFICATION
COMPOSITE MODELS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
SO GROUPS
STRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY GROUPS