The Weinberg-Witten theorem on massless particles: an essay

DOI10.1002/andp.200810305zbMath1152.81027OpenAlexW2116155650MaRDI QIDQ3539885

Florian Loebbert

Publication date: 19 November 2008

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-643A-9

zbMATH Keywords

massless particlesemergent gravityWeinberg-Witten theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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• The large \(N\) limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity
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