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.
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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