Lorentzian varifolds and applications to relativistic strings

DOI10.1512/iumj.2012.61.4773zbMath1280.49063arXiv1106.3596OpenAlexW2092319987MaRDI QIDQ2874078

Giandomenico Orlandi, Giovanni Bellettini, Matteo Novaga

Publication date: 28 January 2014

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3596

zbMATH Keywords

varifoldstime-like minimal surfacesrelativistic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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