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Classical and Quantum Supermembranes

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Book cover The Superworld III

Part of the book series: The Subnuclear Series ((SUS,volume 26))

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I am very pleased to be invited to join the other superdogs barking in Superworld III. In Superworld II I discussed the exciting new discovery of supermembranes [1] and in these lectures I would like to review what has been achieved over the last 12 months. The subject naturally divides into classical supermembranes, which we now understand quite well, and quantum supermembranes, which we now understand much better than a year ago, but which still present many unanswered questions.

“Our universe may be only an atom in the leg of some superdog, barking in a superworld.”

Anatole France

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    Michael Duff

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    Antonino Zichichi

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Duff, M. (1990). Classical and Quantum Supermembranes. In: Zichichi, A. (eds) The Superworld III. The Subnuclear Series, vol 26. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8869-2_3

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