Published June 1990
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Journal article
Higher symmetries in string theory
Description
The importance of symmetry in string theory is discussed, and an approach to the investigation of the subject is described. Symmetries arise from appropriate automorphisms of the operator algebras of conformal field theories, and it is shown that there is a symmetry for each dimension one primary field. These symmetries include the conventional gauge invariances as well as spontaneously broken symmetries that mix particles at different mass levels. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Series
- Nucl. Phys., B Proc. Suppl.
- Journal Page Range
- 82-83
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
- CODEN
- NPBSE
Conference
- Title
- Modern trends in particle physics.
- Acronym
- 6. Adriatic meeting on particle physics
- Dates
- 12-22 Jun 1989.
- Place
- Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22000111
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMMUTATION RELATIONS; CONFIGURATION MIXING; CONFORMAL GROUPS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; REST MASS; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING
- Descriptors DEC
- EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TENSORS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TRANSFORMATIONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract DE-AC02-87ER40325