Published 1990
| Version v1
Book
Unitary representations of non-compact Kac-Moody algebras and compactified heterotic superstrings
Creators
- 1. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Description
The relevance of non-compact Kac-Moody symmetries in superstring theories is shown. The discussion is based on the suggestion made recently on new classes of unitary conformal and superconformal theories based on cosets of affined non-compact current algebras. 21 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific.
- Imprint Place
- Singapore (Singapore)
- ISBN
- 981-02-0174-5
- Imprint Title
- 1989 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology
- Imprint Pagination
- 706 p.
- Journal Issue
- V. 6
- Series
- ICTP series in theoretical physics.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 288-306.
Conference
- Title
- 1989 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology.
- Dates
- 26 Jun - 18 Aug 1989.
- Place
- Trieste (Italy).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Singapore
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 23050378
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPACTIFICATION; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CURRENT ALGEBRA; SU GROUPS; SUPERSTRING MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNITARITY
- Descriptors DEC
- EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY GROUPS