2000/11/23 by C.M. Hull, C. M. Hull · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Conformal field theory #Conformal map #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauge theory #Geometry #Mathematical physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Planck energy #Planck length #Planck scale #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #String theory #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/18/16/313
published as Class.Quant.Grav. 18 (2001) 3233-3240 · Minor corrections. Talk given at the Second Gursey Memorial Conference, Istanbul
arxiv created 2000/11/23 · openalex publication_date 2001/08/02 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The proposal that a strong-coupling limit of the five-dimensional type II string theory (M-theory compactified on a 6-torus) in which the Planck length becomes infinite could give a six-dimensional superconformal phase of M-theory is reviewed. This limit exists for the free theory, giving a six-dimensional theory with (4,0) supersymmetry compactified on a circle whose radius gives the five-dimensional Planck length. The free six-dimensional theory has a fourth rank tensor gauge field with the symmetries of the Riemann tensor instead of a symmetric tensor gauge field, but its dimensional reduction gives conventional linearized gravity in five dimensions. The possibility of an interacting form of this theory existing and the consequences it would have for the geometric picture of gravity are discussed.