Type I string theory

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf string theory
superstring theory
ten-dimensional quantum theory
admitsCompactifications to four dimensions
anomalyCancellationMechanism Green–Schwarz mechanism NERFINISHED
ChanPatonGaugeGroup SO(32) NERFINISHED
contains closed superstrings
open superstrings
gaugeBosonOrigin open string sector
gaugeGroup SO(32) NERFINISHED
gravitonOrigin closed string sector
hasChanPatonFactors yes
hasChiralN N=1 in 10 dimensions
hasClosedStrings yes
hasGaugeSymmetry SO(32) NERFINISHED
hasMasslessClosedStringSector yes
hasMasslessOpenStringSector yes
hasOpenStrings yes
hasOrientifoldPlanes yes
hasSpacetimeFermions yes
hasSupersymmetry yes
hasTachyonInUnstableBackgrounds yes
hasWorldsheetSupersymmetry yes
includes D1-branes NERFINISHED
D5-branes NERFINISHED
D9-branes NERFINISHED
includesObjects D-branes NERFINISHED
orientifold planes
isAnomalyFree yes
isBackgroundDependent yes
isConsistentQuantumGravityTheory yes
isPartOf five consistent superstring theories
isPerturbativeDescription yes
isRelatedToMTheoryViaDualities yes
isUnorientedVersionOf Type IIB string theory NERFINISHED
isUVFinite conjecturally yes
lowEnergyEffectiveTheory N=1 supergravity in 10 dimensions
SO(32) super Yang–Mills theory NERFINISHED
relatedBySdualityTo SO(32) heterotic string theory NERFINISHED
requiresGaugeGroupForAnomalyCancellation SO(32) NERFINISHED
spacetimeDimension 10
stringCouplingConstant gs
stringTypes closed
open
wasDevelopedInContextOf superstring revolution of the 1980s
worldsheetHasBoundaries yes
worldsheetHasCrosscaps yes
worldsheetOrientation unoriented

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M-theory generalizes Type I string theory