Symmetry in string theory

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 May 1989 English Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)Journal:Physical Review D, volume 39, pages 3,016-3,022 (issn: 0556-2821,

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Authors: , Evans; , Ovrut;

doi: 10.1103/physrevd.39.3016

pmid: 9959532

Symmetry in string theory

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A general method for determining the target-space symmetries, both broken and unbroken, of string theory is presented. Symmetries are shown to be consequences of a class of automorphisms of the world-sheet operator algebra. This formalism is used to prove general coordinate invariance, two-form gauge invariance, and non-Abelian gauge invariance in heterotic string theory.

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