scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1366878

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Authors Emil J. Martinec

Publication date 23 November 1999

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9710122

zbMATH Keywords

compactificationD-braneheterotic stringM-theoryself-dualityworldsheet gauge algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Review text

\(N=2\) heterotic strings may provide a window into the physics of M-theory radically different from that found via the other supersymmetric string theories. In addition to their supersymmetric structure, these strings carry a four-dimensional self-dual structure, and appear to be completely integrable systems with a stringy density of states. These lectures give an overview of \(N=2\) heterotic strings, as well as a brief discussion of possible applications of both ordinary and heterotic \(N=2\) strings to D-branes and matrix theory. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0923.00027].

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• N=2 structures in string theories
• On the matter of \(\mathcal N=2\) matter
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