Boundary Conditions and Heterotic Construction in Topological Membrane Theory

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12 February 1996

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

Using the topological membrane approach to string theory, we suggest a geometric origin for the heterotic string. We show how different membrane boundary conditions lead to different string theories. Using zeta-function regularization, we show that the Casimir energy distinguishes between the heterotic boundary conditions and all others. This may be the reason why topological membranes lead naturally to heterotic strings.

Keywords

HETEROTIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
HETEROTIC CONSTRUCTION
TOPOLOGICAL MEMBRANE
HETEROTIC STRING
MEMBRANE THEORY
STRING THEORIES

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Version 1, 1996-02-12, ArXiv
Version 2, 1996-06-12, ArXiv
Published version: Physics Letters B, 383 (3), 271.

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