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On the Uniqueness of String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We show that bosonic strings may be viewed as a particular class of vacua for N=1 superstrings, and N=1 superstrings may be viewed as a particular class of vacua for N=2 strings. Continuing this line of string hierarchies, we are led to search for a universal string theory which includes all the rest as a special vacuum selection.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9310170,
  title  = {On the Uniqueness of String Theory},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits and Cumrun Vafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9310170},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages

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