A derivation of the Nambu-Goto action from invariance principles

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/25/13/026zbMath0755.58063OpenAlexW2013857979MaRDI QIDQ4022424

Dan Radu Grigore

Publication date: 17 January 1993

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://cds.cern.ch/record/220036

zbMATH Keywords

invariancestring theoryreparametrizationNambu-Goto actionPoincaré transformations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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