Strings in background fields

Curtis Gove Callan

doi:10.1088/0031-8949/1987/T15/014

Strings in background fields

Curtis Gove Callan

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We review the progress which has recently been made in determining the spacetime backgrounds in which strings may consistently propagate. At the no-string-loop level, satisfactory backgrounds correspond to conformally invariant non-linear signal models and the condition of conformal invariance can be expressed as a field equation for the background spacetime. The problem of finding the effect of string loops on this picture is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	114-117
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica Scripta
Volume	1987
Issue number	T15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/1987/T15/014
State	Published - Jan 1 1987

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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