The Polyakov Approach and Divergences in Open Superstrings

  • C. P. Burgess†
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Part of the NATO Science Series book series (NSSB, volume 160)

Abstract

String theories have, recently re-emerged, pheonix-like, into the mainstream of particle physics. The principal reasons for this revival are threefold:
  1. i)

    Superstrings are believed to be renormalizable (possibly even finite), unitary, theories that include gravity as well as the usual gauge and matter interactions [1,2,30,33,34].

     
  2. ii)

    Strings ‘miraculously’ satisfy very stringent requirements of mathematical consistency [2,3,4]. These requirements arise in the form of anomaly-cancellation conditions and are sufficiently restrictive that only a handful (Type I, Types IIa, IIb, and heterotic with gauge groups E8 x E8 or Spin(32)/Z 2) of candidate string theories survive.

     
  3. iii)

    Finally, the Type I and heterotic strings appear to have the potential of producing a realistic phenomenology at energies low enough (i. e. E “ Mp) to be accessible to experiment [5]. (For a review see L. Ibáñez, this volume.)

     

Keywords

Gauge Group Gauge Boson Vertex Operator Spin Structure Heterotic String 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • C. P. Burgess†
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute for Advanced StudyPrincetonUSA

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