open bosonic string theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:contains tachyon
massless vector boson
gptkbp:describes dynamics of open strings
gptkbp:dimensions 26
gptkbp:form gptkb:Polyakov_action
gptkb:Nambu-Goto_action
gptkbp:formedBy 1970s
gptkbp:has_instability tachyon condensation
gptkbp:hasApplication toy model for string theory
gptkbp:hasBoundaryConditions gptkb:Dirichlet
gptkb:Neumann
gptkbp:hasCriticalDimension 26
gptkbp:hasGaugeSymmetry gptkb:U(1)
gptkbp:hasMasslessStates vector boson
gptkbp:hasNo gptkb:string_theory
fermions
chiral fermions
graviton in open sector
realistic phenomenology
stable vacuum
gptkbp:hasTachyon yes
gptkbp:hasWorldsheet open 2D surface
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label open bosonic string theory
gptkbp:quantizedBy covariant quantization
light-cone quantization
gptkbp:relatedTo closed bosonic string theory
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity infinite tower of higher spin states
gptkbp:suffersFrom tachyon instability
gptkbp:usedIn study of D-branes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Witten's_cubic_string_field_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5