M-theory and N=2 Strings
Abstract
N=2 heterotic strings may provide a window into the physics of M-theory radically different than that found via the other supersymmetric string theories. In addition to their supersymmetric structure, these strings carry a four-dimensional self-dual structure, and appear to be completely integrable systems with a stringy density of states. These lectures give an overview of N=2 heterotic strings, as well as a brief discussion of possible applications of both ordinary and heterotic N=2 strings to D-branes and matrix theory.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- October 1997
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/9710122
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/9710122
- Bibcode:
- 1997hep.th...10122M
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 29 pages, latex