Classification of ten-dimensional heterotic strings

DOI10.1016/0370-2693(92)90747-RzbMath0925.81285arXivhep-th/9112006OpenAlexW2074928797MaRDI QIDQ1296217

A. N. Schellekens

Publication date: 17 November 1999

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9112006

zbMATH Keywords

heterotic stringsconformal field theoriesLeech latticeKac-Mody algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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