From Dual Models to String Theory

2008/02/22 by Peter Goddard, Goddard, Peter · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0802.3249

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Abstract

A personal view is given of the development of string theory out of dual models, including the analysis of the structure of the physical states and the proof of the No-Ghost Theorem, the quantization of the relativistic string, and the calculation of fermion-fermion scattering.

Citations

• The Work of R.E. Borcherds

Cited by

• Preon models, relativity, quantum mechanics and cosmology (I)

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