How covariant closed string theory solves a minimal area problem

DOI10.1007/BF02096792zbMath0725.30032MaRDI QIDQ2277606

Barton Zwiebach

Publication date: 1991

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

zbMATH Keywords

string theoryquadratic differentialsarea minimizing metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Riemann surfaces (30F99)

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