The critical dimension of bosonic string theory in AdS space-time.
(2001)
Journal Article
Davies, I., & Mansfield, P. The critical dimension of bosonic string theory in AdS space-time. Manuscript submitted for publication
The Polyakov bosonic string is quantised in Euclidean Anti-de Sitter space-time using functional methods. Regularisation of the functional determinants using both heat-kernel and zeta function techniques shows that the AdS_{D+1} string reduces to the... Read More about The critical dimension of bosonic string theory in AdS space-time..