Spin-offs from Stretching a Point : Strings, Branes and Higher Spin

String theory has proved to be a valuable theoretical laboratory for probing gravity and gauge theory in a unified framework. In this thesis some of the exciting spin-offs of string theory such as branes and higher spin are studied. After a review of the basics of string theory the four papers of th...

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Main Author: Rajan, Peter
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teoretisk fysik 2004
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