Fermions and octonions

DOI10.1007/BF01218483zbMath0632.17009OpenAlexW2006431728MaRDI QIDQ1095237

Henri Ruegg, David I. Olive, Adam Schwimmer, Peter Goddard, Werner Nahm

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01218483

zbMATH Keywords

division algebrasvertex operatorfermion fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Nonassociative division algebras (17A35)

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