Type II string theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:chirality Type IIA string theory is non-chiral
Type IIB string theory is chiral
gptkbp:compact gptkb:Calabi-Yau_manifolds
gptkbp:contains closed strings
open strings (with D-branes)
gptkbp:dimensions 10
gptkbp:duality gptkb:S-duality
gptkb:T-duality
gptkb:mirror_symmetry
gptkbp:form gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:supergravity
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:hasApplication gptkb:topological_string_theory
black hole physics
mathematical physics
gptkbp:hasBosons yes
gptkbp:hasFermions yes
gptkbp:hasGaugeSymmetry yes
gptkbp:hasNoGaugeGroup yes (unlike heterotic and Type I)
gptkbp:hasStringCoupling g_s
gptkbp:hasTargetSpaceSupersymmetry yes
gptkbp:hasTension T = 1/(2πα')
gptkbp:hasType gptkb:Type_IIA_string_theory
gptkb:Type_IIB_string_theory
gptkbp:hasWorldsheetSupersymmetry yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Type II string theory
gptkbp:includes gptkb:D-branes
gptkb:Ramond-Ramond_fields
gptkbp:lowEnergyLimit gptkb:Type_IIA_supergravity
gptkb:Type_IIB_supergravity
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:graviton
extra dimensions
axion-like particles
supersymmetric particles
gptkbp:proposedBy mid-1980s
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:M-theory
gptkb:Type_I_string_theory
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity massless and massive modes
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:supersymmetry N=2
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:AdS/CFT_correspondence
string phenomenology
string cosmology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5