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String phenomenology
About: String phenomenology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1845 publications have been published within this topic receiving 78564 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a boundary of the anti-deSitter space analogous to a cut-off on the Liouville coordinate of the two-dimensional string theory is introduced to obtain certain Green's functions in 3+1-dimensional N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a large number of colors via non-critical string theory.
11,887 citations
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27 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of topological defects in the early universe and the evolution of string fields and their relationship with the structure formation of strings, including superconducting and global strings.
Abstract: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Phase transitions in the early universe 3. Topological defects 4. String field theory 5. Superconducting strings 6. String dynamics 7. String gravity 8. String interactions 9. String evolution 10. Cosmological implications of strings 11. Structure formation with strings 12. Cosmology of superconducting and global strings 13. Domain walls 14. Monopoles 15. Textures 16. Topological defects and inflation References Index.
2,714 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the BRST method is used to covariantly quantize superstrings, and in particular to construct the vertex operators for string emission as well as the supersymmetry charge.
1,538 citations
TL;DR: The compatibility between the presence of curvature squared terms and the absence of ghost particles in the low energy limits of string theories is established in this article, where the Lagrangian σ√g d D ×(R μν ϱσ R μνϱσ σ −4 σ +R 2 ) leads to ghost-free nontrivial gravitational self-interactions for dimensions higher than four.
1,313 citations
01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive and pedagogic account of string theory is given, including a thorough introduction to the bosonic string and a detailed treatment of the tree level and one loop amplitudes.
Abstract: String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed treatments of the tree level and one loop amplitudes. Chapter eight covers toroidal compactification and many important aspects of string physics, such as T-duality and D-branes. Chapter nine treats higher-order amplitudes, including an analysis of their finiteness and unitarity, and various nonperturbative ideas. An appendix giving a short course on path integral methods is included. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.
1,174 citations