String theory as the Kähler geometry of loop space

M. J. Bowick; S. G. Rajeev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.535

String theory as the Kähler geometry of loop space

M. J. Bowick and S. G. Rajeev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 535 – Published 9 February 1987; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1158 (1987)

Abstract

We argue that the Kaaumlhler geometry of the loops on space-time describes bosonic string theory. The Kaaumlhler potential is the dynamical (field) variable of closed-bosonic-string theory. The equation of motion for this field is that a generalized Ricci tensor vanishes. Loops on flat space constitute a solution only in 26 dimensions.

Received 17 November 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.535

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String Theory as the Kähler Geometry of Loop Space

M. J. Bowick and S. G. Rajeev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1158 (1987)

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M. J. Bowick and S. G. Rajeev

Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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String theory as the Kähler geometry of loop space

M. J. Bowick and S. G. Rajeev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 535 – Published 9 February 1987; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1158 (1987)

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String Theory as the Kähler Geometry of Loop Space

M. J. Bowick and S. G. Rajeev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1158 (1987)

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