Fractional Superstrings with Critical Spacetime Dimensions Four and Six: A Status Report
| dc.creator | Dienes, Keith R. | |
| dc.date | 1992-10-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:18:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:18:55Z | |
| dc.description | Fractional superstrings are non-trivial generalizations of ordinary superstrings and heterotic strings, and have critical spacetime dimensions which are less than ten by virtue of a worldsheet fractional supersymmetry relating worldsheet bosons to worldsheet parafermions. In this paper, I provide a short non-technical survey of the fundamental issues involved in these recently-proposed theories. After introducing the basic ideas which underlie these new string theories, I review their early successes and outline some related outstanding questions. ( Talk given at the Internal Workshop on String Theory, Quantum Gravity, and the Unification of the Fundamental Interactions, held in Rome, Italy, 21-26 September 1992. ) | |
| dc.description | 15 pages (LaTeX), McGill/92-42 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9210064 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9210064 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/53384 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Fractional Superstrings with Critical Spacetime Dimensions Four and Six: A Status Report | |
| dc.type | text |