Permutation Orbifolds in Conformal Field Theories and String Theory

2011/11/03 by M. Maio, Maio, M.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.0991

PhD Thesis, 203 pages

arxiv created 2011/11/03 · arxiv updated 2011/11/07

Abstract

We summarize the results obtained in the last few years about permutation orbifolds in two-dimensional conformal field theories, their application to string theory and their use in the construction of four-dimensional heterotic string models.

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