Supersymmetric open strings in fewer than ten dimensions

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.4078· OSTI ID:7102856

Clavelli, L ^[1]; Cox, P H ^[2]; Elmfors, P; Harms, B ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 (USA)
2. Department of Physics, Texas A I University, Kingsville, Texas 78363 (USA)

We discuss the reduction of the critical dimension of open strings in the fermionic construction. Requiring the preservation of supersymmetry and finiteness, we find one consistent type-I theory with a minimal number of sectors in each of the space-time dimensions 9, 7, 6, 5, 3, and 2. Each of these is mixed'' in that there are sectors containing both Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond fields. No consistent open-string solution of this type is found for {ital D}=4.

• OSTI ID: 7102856
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 40:12; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COUPLING CONSTANTS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FERMIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
MINKOWSKI SPACE
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
RENORMALIZATION
SPACE
SPACE-TIME
STRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING