How covariant closed string theory solves a minimal area problem

DOI10.1007/BF02096792MaRDI QIDQ2277606zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Barton Zwiebach

Publication date 1991

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096792

zbMATH Keywords

area minimizing metricquadratic differentialsstring theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann surfaces (30F99) 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)

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