string geometry in nLab
Contents
Context
Higher spin geometry
spin geometry, string geometry, fivebrane geometry …
Ingredients
Spin geometry
String geometry
Fivebrane geometry
Ninebrane geometry
String theory
Ingredients
Critical string models
Extended objects
Topological strings
Backgrounds
Phenomenology
Contents
Idea
The analog of spin geometry as one passes from spinning particles to spinning strings. To some extent the step from the spin group to the string 2-group.
References
- The String Geometry Research Network (website).
detailed discussion of the relation to spin geometry in smooth loop spaces is in
- Konrad Waldorf, String geometry vs. spin geometry on loop spaces (arXiv:1403.5656)
related remarks are briefly in
- Chris Kottke with Richard Melrose, A very smooth Dirac operator on loop space (pdf)
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