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Construction of String and Superstrings in Arbitrary Space-Time Dimensions

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The Superworld II

Part of the book series: The Subnuclear Series ((SUS,volume 25))

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Abstract

String models with space-time chiral fermions and physically relevant interactions may easily be constructed in space-time dimensions lower than ten by using different versions of the underlying twodimensional superconformal theory. The fundamental string constraints and their general solutions are presented for the case of closed strings in which all the string internal quantum numbers are carried by free periodic and antiperiodic world sheet fermions. We also present a symmetry breaking mechanism, for gauge symmetry and supersymmetry, which operates on the string level. This mechanism defines new string solutions which are characterized by a mass spectrum depending upon several breaking parameters, therefore introducing new arbitrary continuous parameters on strings.

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Kounnas, C. (1990). Construction of String and Superstrings in Arbitrary Space-Time Dimensions. In: Zichichi, A. (eds) The Superworld II. The Subnuclear Series, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7467-1_7

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