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We apply Kaluza-Klein techniques to the bosonic string compactified on the E8XE8 group manifold to derive properties of ten-dimensional superstrings, thus lending support to the idea that the bosonic string is the fundamental theory. We then pose the question of why physical space-time has just four dimensions.
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Duff, M.J. (1987). Kaluza-Klein approach to superstrings. In: de Vega, H.J., Sánchez, N. (eds) Field Theory, Quantum Gravity and Strings II. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 280. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-17925-9_27
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