On String compactifications to two (and three) dimensions: critical and non-critical
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gates, Sylvester J | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sriharsha, Ram | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-28T14:57:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-09-28T14:57:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-06-13 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is devoted to certain aspects of string compactifications to two and three dimensions. We construct vacua that describe the propagation of non-critical strings on a singular Spin(7) space. We also examine compactifications which preserve six supercharges, and obtain the classical and quantum moduli space of such theories. We also consider compactifications on T^8/Z_2 and point out the relevance of these flux compactifications to understanding the mathematical result of Guan and Beauville on the Hodge numbers of hyperkahler four-folds. | en_US |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7205 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Physics, Theory | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Spin(7) | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | hyperkahler | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | flux compactifications | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | noncritical strings | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | W symmetries | en_US |
| dc.title | On String compactifications to two (and three) dimensions: critical and non-critical | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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