Type I string theory

E751295

Type I string theory is a ten-dimensional supersymmetric string theory featuring both open and closed strings with SO(32) gauge symmetry and unoriented world-sheets.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Type I string theory canonical 3
type I string theory 2
Type I superstring theory 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf string theory
superstring theory
ten-dimensional quantum theory
admitsCompactifications to four dimensions
anomalyCancellationMechanism Green–Schwarz mechanism
ChanPatonGaugeGroup SO(32)
contains closed superstrings
open superstrings
gaugeBosonOrigin open string sector
gaugeGroup SO(32)
gravitonOrigin closed string sector
hasChanPatonFactors yes
hasChiralN N=1 in 10 dimensions
hasClosedStrings yes
hasGaugeSymmetry SO(32)
hasMasslessClosedStringSector yes
hasMasslessOpenStringSector yes
hasOpenStrings yes
hasOrientifoldPlanes yes
hasSpacetimeFermions yes
hasSupersymmetry yes
hasTachyonInUnstableBackgrounds yes
hasWorldsheetSupersymmetry yes
includes D1-branes
linked to: D-branes

D5-branes
linked to: D-branes

D9-branes
linked to: D-branes
includesObjects D-branes
orientifold planes
isAnomalyFree yes
isBackgroundDependent yes
isConsistentQuantumGravityTheory yes
isPartOf five consistent superstring theories
isPerturbativeDescription yes
isRelatedToMTheoryViaDualities yes
isUnorientedVersionOf Type IIB string theory
isUVFinite conjecturally yes
lowEnergyEffectiveTheory N=1 supergravity in 10 dimensions
SO(32) super Yang–Mills theory
relatedBySdualityTo SO(32) heterotic string theory
requiresGaugeGroupForAnomalyCancellation SO(32)
spacetimeDimension 10
stringCouplingConstant gs
stringTypes closed
open
wasDevelopedInContextOf superstring revolution of the 1980s
worldsheetHasBoundaries yes
worldsheetHasCrosscaps yes
worldsheetOrientation unoriented

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M-theory generalizes Type I string theory
E8×E8 heterotic string theory relatedTo type I string theory
linked to: Type I string theory
Type I supergravity isLowEnergyLimitOf Type I string theory
Michael B. Green notableConcept Type I superstring theory
linked to: Type I string theory
Polyakov action in string theory usedIn type I string theory
linked to: Type I string theory
Type I string theory isUnorientedVersionOf Type IIB string theory
linked to: Type I string theory