Search for dissertations about: "Non-compact backgrounds"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Non-compact backgrounds.

2. 1. Strings, Branes and Non-trivial Space-times

   Author : Jonas Björnsson; Stephen Hwang; Ioannis Bakas; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; String theory; Membranes; BRST; p -branes; p -branes; Non-compact backgrounds; WZNW-model; No-ghost theorem; Unitarity; Hermitian symmetric spaces; CFT; Physics; Fysik; Physics; Fysik;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with different aspects of string and /p/-brane theories. One of the motivations for string theory is to unify the forces in nature and produce a quantum theory of gravity. /p/-branes and related objects arise in string theory and are related to a non-perturbative definition of the theory. READ MORE