Abstract
Some remarks are made about the nature and role of the search for higher symmetry in string theory. These symmetries are most likely to be uncovered in a mysterious 'unbroken phase', for which (2+1)-dimensional gravity provides an interesting and soluble model. New insights about conformal field theory, in which one gets 'out of flatland' to see a wider symmetry from a higher-dimensional vantage point, may offer clues to the unbroken phase of string theory. (author).
Witten, E
[1]
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)
Citation Formats
Witten, E.
The search for higher symmetry in string theory.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1989.
Web.
doi:10.1098/rsta.1989.0082.
Witten, E.
The search for higher symmetry in string theory.
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1989.0082
Witten, E.
1989.
"The search for higher symmetry in string theory."
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1989.0082.
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title = {The search for higher symmetry in string theory}
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abstractNote = {Some remarks are made about the nature and role of the search for higher symmetry in string theory. These symmetries are most likely to be uncovered in a mysterious 'unbroken phase', for which (2+1)-dimensional gravity provides an interesting and soluble model. New insights about conformal field theory, in which one gets 'out of flatland' to see a wider symmetry from a higher-dimensional vantage point, may offer clues to the unbroken phase of string theory. (author).}
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title = {The search for higher symmetry in string theory}
author = {Witten, E}
abstractNote = {Some remarks are made about the nature and role of the search for higher symmetry in string theory. These symmetries are most likely to be uncovered in a mysterious 'unbroken phase', for which (2+1)-dimensional gravity provides an interesting and soluble model. New insights about conformal field theory, in which one gets 'out of flatland' to see a wider symmetry from a higher-dimensional vantage point, may offer clues to the unbroken phase of string theory. (author).}
doi = {10.1098/rsta.1989.0082}
journal = []
volume = {329:1605}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1989}
month = {Nov}
}