The target space geometry of N = (2,1) string theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/2/007zbMATH Open0877.53052OpenAlexW1977879485MaRDI QIDQ3130069FDOQ3130069

Authors Albion Lawrence 

Publication date 8 December 1997

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605223

zbMATH Keywords

sigma-modeltarget spaceunified description of strings and \(M\)-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We describe the $calO({alph{a}^{\prime }}^0)$ constraints on the target space geometry of the $N=(2,1)$ heterotic superstring due to the left-moving $N=1$ supersymmetry and $U(1)$ currents. In the fermionic description of the internal sector supersymmetry is realized quantum mechanically, so that both tree-level and one-loop effects contribute to the order $calO({alph{a}^{\prime }}^0)$ constraints. We also discuss the physical interpretation of the resulting target space geometry in terms of configurations of a $2+2$-dimensional object propagating in a $10+2$-dimensional spacetime with a null isometry, which has recently been suggested as a unified description of string and M theory.

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