Type IIA string theory

E752413

Type IIA string theory is a ten-dimensional supersymmetric string theory featuring non-chiral (left-right symmetric) fermions and D-branes, and is realized as a low-energy limit or compactification of M-theory.

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Surface form Occurrences
Type IIB string theory 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf non-chiral string theory
string theory
supersymmetric theory
ten-dimensional quantum field theory
hasBraneChargeQuantization yes
hasClosedStrings yes
hasCompactificationManifolds Calabi–Yau threefolds NERFINISHED
hasD0Branes yes
hasD2Branes yes
hasD4Branes yes
hasD6Branes yes
hasD8Branes yes
hasDbranes yes
hasDpBranesFor even p
hasFermionChirality non-chiral
hasFundamentalLengthScale string length l_s
hasFundamentalStrings yes
hasGaugeSymmetry diffeomorphism invariance
p-form gauge symmetries
hasLeftRightSymmetry yes
hasLowEnergyEffectiveTheory Type IIA supergravity NERFINISHED
hasNS5Branes yes
hasOpenStrings yes
hasRRFields yes
hasRRFormsOfDegree 1
3
5
7
9
hasSpacetimeDimension 10
hasSpacetimeFermions Majorana spinors of opposite chirality
hasStringCoupling gs
hasSupersymmetry N=2 in ten dimensions
hasTdualityPartner Type IIB string theory
hasWorldsheetSupersymmetry N=(1,1)
includesField NS-NS 2-form B-field
dilaton
metric tensor
includesRRField 1-form potential C1
3-form potential C3
isAnomalyFree yes
isConsistentWith perturbative quantum gravity
isLowEnergyLimitOf M-theory compactified on a circle
isObtainedFrom M-theory on S^1
isRelatedByDualityTo M-theory NERFINISHED
isRelatedByTdualityTo Type IIB string theory NERFINISHED
isUsedIn AdS/CFT constructions
brane world scenarios
string compactifications to four dimensions
relatesStringCouplingTo radius of M-theory circle GENERATED
requiresBackground ten-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime
wasDevelopedInContextOf superstring revolution of the 1980s

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M-theory generalizes Type IIA string theory
M-theory generalizes Type IIA string theory
this entity surface form: Type IIB string theory