Classification of ten-dimensional heterotic strings

DOI10.1016/0370-2693(92)90747-RMaRDI QIDQ1296217zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. N. Schellekens

Publication date 17 November 1999

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9112006

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoriesheterotic stringsLeech latticeKac-Mody algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: Progress towards the classification of the meromorphic $c=24$ conformal field theories is reported. It is shown if such a theory has any spin-1 currents, it is either the Leech lattice CFT, or it can be written as a tensor product of Kac-Moody algebras with total central charge 24. The total number of combinations of Kac-Moody algebras for which meromorphic $c=24$ theories may exist is 221. The next step towards classification is to obtain all modular invariant combinations of Kac-Moody characters. The presently available results are sufficient to obtain a complete list of all ten-dimensional heterotic strings. Furthermore there are strong indications for the existence of several (probably at least 20) new meromorphic $c=24$ theories.

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• Conjectured \(\mathbb{Z}_2\)-orbifold constructions of self-dual conformal field theories at central charge 24 -- the neighborhood graph
• Meromorphic \(c=24\) conformal field theories
• Orbifold constructions and the classification of self-dual \(c=24\) conformal field theories
• Classification of \((2,1)\) heterotic strings
• Third and higher order NFPA twisted constructions of conformal field theories from lattices
• Transformations among large \(c\) conformal field theories
• Continuous symmetries of lattice conformal field theories and their \(\mathbb{Z}_2\)-orbifolds
• On representations of conformal field theories and the construction of orbifolds
• Orbifold constructions and the classification of self-dual \(c=24\) conformal field theories
• Intertwiners in orbifold conformal field theories
• New meromorphic CFTs from cosets
• Partition functions for heterotic WZW conformal field theories.
• On the duality of F-theory and the CHL string in seven dimensions
• On the uniqueness of the twisted representation in the \(\mathbb{Z}_2\) orbifold construction of a conformal field theory from a lattice

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