Nonperturbative Consistency ofString Theory
- 30 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 74 (5) , 638-641
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.74.638
Abstract
An infinite number of distinct matrix models reproduce the perturbation theory of string theory. Because of constraints of causality, however, we argue that none of the existing constructions gives a consistent nonperturbative definition of the string.
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