BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS AND HETEROTIC CONSTRUCTION IN TOPOLOGICAL MEMBRANE THEORY

Authors
COOPER L KOGAN II
Citation
L. Cooper et Ii. Kogan, BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS AND HETEROTIC CONSTRUCTION IN TOPOLOGICAL MEMBRANE THEORY, Physics letters. Section B, 383(3), 1996, pp. 271-280
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
383
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
271 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)383:3<271:BAHCIT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Using the topological membrane approach to string theory, we suggest a geometric origin for the heterotic string. We show how different memb rane boundary conditions lead to different string theories. We discuss the construction of closed oriented strings and superstrings, and dem onstrate how the heterotic construction naturally arises from a specif ic choice of boundary conditions on the left and right boundaries of a cylindrical topological membrane.