QED as the tensionless limit of the spinning string with contact interaction

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2015.05.024zbMath1343.81217arXiv1409.4948OpenAlexW1902693700WikidataQ59449218 ScholiaQ59449218MaRDI QIDQ307508

James P. Edwards, Paul R. W. Mansfield

Publication date: 1 September 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.4948

zbMATH Keywords

string theoryquantum electrodynamicstensionless limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25)

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