1995/08/21 by Shamit Kachru, Eva Silverstein
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Boson #Cosmic string #Fermion #Heterotic string theory #Massless particle #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Orbifold #String (physics) #Supersymmetry #Worldsheet #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00543-8
published as Nucl.Phys.B456:622-632,1995 · 14 pages, harvmac big
arxiv created 1995/08/21 · openalex publication_date 1995/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We begin a search for nonsupersymmetric/supersymmetric dual string pairs by constructing candidate critical nonsupersymmetric strings as solitons in supersymmetric string theories. Using orbifold techniques, one can construct cosmic string solutions which lie in supersymmetric vacua but which do not fall in supermultiplets. We discuss two three-dimensional examples in detail. The effective worldsheet actions for the soliton strings have (0,2) and (1,1) supersymmetry and the correct numbers of massless bosons and fermions to be critical heterotic and type II strings, respectively.